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? 🤔💡

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