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Gatsby how much React do you need to know?

I'd like to build a project in Gatsby to compare to my blog which I have built using Gridsome, so I know some Vue but I'm far from an expert. I don't really know React question is how much React would I need to know to get started with Gatsby?

I've done a couple of tutorials on their site and understood enough of it I think but is worth me learning a bit more React first or should I just jump in?

My experience currently is I've built/am building a couple of projects with Vue-cli and my blog is built with Gridsome which is Vue-based and I have read up on Nuxt. I'm interested in learning more about JAMstack too.

I would like to learn some React just to compare and have a broader understanding but do I need to for Gatsby?

Any thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated.

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Adam WaƘiƑ • Edited

If you can create a project using VueJS, this means that you are familiar with JavaScript .. So React will be easy for you, because they have the same concepts of << Components >>, as you know React is just JavaScript with HTML << jsx >>. You just need to know the syntax of React to Jump to Gatsby

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Muhammad Wasif

If you know the syntax and basic concepts of React, you're good to go with Gatsby
It will take an hour to understand Gatsby 😀

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