That's actually not true, if you follow current tools for development for even the static sites, like Astro, you'll see that development using the React or Vue underneath makes the dev experience much better. Using vanilla.js for creating websites today is just shooting yourself in the leg.
And if your site will ever grow into something bigger you can always just copy the code from Astro templates into your .js/.ts files and just run with it.
The React itself is such an easy library to learn, that the time you'll spend on learning it and creating something real with it is going to be less than the time you'll need for vanilla js.
I doubt you actually read the article. The article didn't say that development with React is bad or something, the article clearly doesn't go against using react/vue rather it encourages it to be learned and used at the right time.
And just to correct something you mentioned
Using vanilla.js for creating websites today is just shooting yourself in the leg.
I am assuming you mean "web app" not "websites" because using React for websites is actually shooting yourself in the leg.
You creating a business website that describes your business does not require React, because it would just be too much/unnecessary work.
Please read the article with the right mindset. Thanks
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That's actually not true, if you follow current tools for development for even the static sites, like Astro, you'll see that development using the React or Vue underneath makes the dev experience much better. Using vanilla.js for creating websites today is just shooting yourself in the leg.
And if your site will ever grow into something bigger you can always just copy the code from Astro templates into your .js/.ts files and just run with it.
The React itself is such an easy library to learn, that the time you'll spend on learning it and creating something real with it is going to be less than the time you'll need for vanilla js.
I doubt you actually read the article. The article didn't say that development with React is bad or something, the article clearly doesn't go against using react/vue rather it encourages it to be learned and used at the right time.
And just to correct something you mentioned
I am assuming you mean "web app" not "websites" because using React for websites is actually shooting yourself in the leg.
You creating a business website that describes your business does not require React, because it would just be too much/unnecessary work.
Please read the article with the right mindset. Thanks