I need to get a basic understanding of #React ( the #JS framework ).

Is w3schools a wise choice to start with? w3schools.com/react/react_intr

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.

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@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.

@intrbiz it's an existing project I'm joining. I just lack knowledge, so need to learn :)

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