I need to get a basic understanding of #React ( the #JS framework ).
Is w3schools a wise choice to start with? https://www.w3schools.com/react/react_intro.asp
Or should I look elsewhere for my first taste?
I would like to avoid bad habits due to opinionated 3rd party documentation / tutorials.
@bigcalm hacked on too much React for my liking over the last year or so.
I would say it's one of the most cargo culted ecosystems I've seen in a long time.
As React isn't really a framework, a lot of the complexity comes from the various other things used with it. Eg: Hooks or Redux, etc.
Some of the underpinnings of React are neat (questionable if still relevant).
I found Hooks pretty awful, you can't really read the code and understand what will happen.
@intrbiz it's an existing project I'm joining. I just lack knowledge, so need to learn :)
@bigcalm How CSS gets handled is often pretty awful.
Combined with pretty awful transpiling and bundling complication processes.
It all feels very unwebby.
If its a new project, maybe try to use Svelte or another. Or ES6 modules and Rollup.