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Discussion on: How to get started with React in 2020

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David Dal Busco • Edited

Following the same idea, Ionic now supporting React too, could also be an alternative. There is even a Build Your First Ionic React App documentation followed by some interesting chapters about lifecycle and navigation.

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Duc Le

I am a fan of Ionic React.

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selbekk

Ionic is a great framework, and the guide you link to is really nice, but to be honest I'd try out React by itself for a while before I dove into frameworks like Ionic or Gatsby or Next. If you understand the fundamentals first, it's easier to learn what's a framework and what's React APIs.

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David Dal Busco

Well I would say that using Ionic with React is using React by itself.

Ionic isn't a framework, it's a UI components library.

Therefore the fundamental remains the same. Components, functional components, hooks, react-dom, JSX, state, or even redux and all other subjects, etc. same same.

But of course, what's really important, is to find the way which fits you the best 😃

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selbekk • Edited

Well, let's not split hairs. Framework or component library - Ionic is really cool, and it makes it very easy to make cross platform apps. The reason I suggest that you learn React by itself first, is that you don't have to learn the APIs of Ionic at the same time.

But for sure - finding your own path is important ✌️

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David Dal Busco

I understand your point better now, thx for the explanation. All cool 👍