When learning something new, you need to research it first to get a general understanding.
If you skip this step, you'll likely feel lost and confused.
This is actually the first step that author John Z. Sonmez mentions in his book
📖 "Soft Skills: The Software Developer’s Life Manual", and he calls it "Get The Big Picture."
So, when I decided to learn React, I didn’t really ask myself why I should learn it.
I just followed the Frontend Learning Path and saw React listed there.
But why should you learn React? 🤔
Here’s what makes React better than Vanilla JavaScript:
1️⃣ Reusability of Components = Cleaner & More Organized Code
- With React, you can break the UI into components like buttons, cards, avatars, etc.
- You write the code once and reuse it anywhere—so you don’t repeat yourself!
2️⃣ Faster UI Updates with Virtual DOM
- React only updates the changed elements, not the entire DOM.
- This makes UI updates much faster.
- In Vanilla JS, too much DOM manipulation slows down performance.
3️⃣ Easier Data Handling with Hooks
- React makes state management easier with useState Hook, while in Vanilla JS, you have to manually handle state updates.
Still not convinced? Here’s why React is worth learning:
✅ 1. React is in high demand in the job market.
✅ 2. Big companies use React—especially Meta (Facebook, WhatsApp Web, Instagram), which originally developed it.
✅ 3. Learning React opens the door to mobile app development with React Native (which I plan to learn next! 😉).
✅ 4. React is popular and has a strong ecosystem of tools and libraries.
So, do you think these are convincing reasons to learn React? 🤔💡