An experienced Javascript developer’s account of learning React
React popularity seems to me the result of wrongly-headed thinking: that because facebook is popular, any technology behind it must be good, and because react is popular (allegedly), react must be good.<p>I&#x27;ve always been very sceptical of react, and I&#x27;m glad I didn&#x27;t invest too much time looking into it, as it seems both a time sink and a boilerplate-filled approach. I wonder why some people like it, writing no-framework javascript isn&#x27;t difficult at all, and you can organise it in a nicer, readable way, plus there are many alternative frameworks that seem better. Is it because of too many choices, people would hang on to the one they think will stick?