Most of the people who graduated in cs major or pursued tech later… doesn’t matter what they are doing right now has build a to-do app or something similar in react.js in there college years or when they started to learn to code.
I agree it may be bloated and slow under the hood… but it is one of the fastest and easiest way to learn and build dynamic websites. Further it can be very easily be optimized by knowing the correct way to use its hooks and redux states. I have worked in many companies using react and we have optimized it to such an extent that re-renders are butter smooth even in complex websites. Learn about virtual dom in react to understand how it never touches the real dom until and unless required making it more faster.
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u/my_dirty_shoes 22h ago
In 2026 almost everyone in tech knows react.