How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016

https://hackernoon.com/how-it-feels-to-learn-javascript-in-2016-d3a717dd577f

by graderjs • 5 years ago

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commandlinefan2• 5 years ago

I used to be able to just include jQuery

I remember when I first saw jQuery feeling the same way about it that the author seems to feel about React.

lelandfe• 5 years ago

“It’s 2008, no one uses script.aculo.us anymore”

acmecorps• 5 years ago

I don't know; I might be old, but for a lot of _websites_, jQuery is absolutely perfect. I love jQuery for its simplicity :)

jaeming3• 5 years ago

I was thinking about making a video tutorial on how to convert a React app to jQuery as a sort of satire piece but I was afraid the result might be good enough that it wouldn't come across as a joke in the end.

commandlinefan2• 5 years ago

If it was an article, I'd read it. I might be able to get a better handle on what React is actually for.

graftak• 5 years ago

React is a UI framework where the view is a direct representation of the application state. A (react) component is a function (or class) that returns a UI element based on the props (state) it receives.

With React; component + props = view, this makes it easy to reason about what your UI looks like because it is a result of how you manipulate your data.

With jQuery that is more like: view = html + a bunch of (spaghetti) code. This can make it harder to reason about because you need to implement the logic to update your view and event handlers yourself.

jaeming3• 5 years ago

Here's a codepen I made that briefly shows the difference: https://codepen.io/jaeming/pen/BadQvpG

How it feels to learn JavaScript in 2016

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