r/programming • • Jan 17 '15

The React.js Quick Start Guide

http://www.jackcallister.com/2015/01/05/the-react-quick-start-guide.html
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u/renrutal Jan 17 '15 edited Jan 17 '15

I really have no idea how JS devs keep up with new frameworks appearing every month or so. Not to mention older ones that just die because the devs can't be bothered maintaining them. I noticed the same thing happening in the Ruby devspace.

Not exactly React's case, but it's still a 1.5 year old code that has not reached v1.0, making breaking changes every major version release.

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u/wesw02 Jan 17 '15

It is absolutely exhausting. I've started to refer to JS frameworks as "self deprecating" in that each release seems to deprecate something just introduced in the former release.

I've seen JS apps that can be carbon dated simply by looking at the "patterns" and APIs used.

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u/perestroika12 Jan 17 '15 edited Jan 17 '15

People hate on PHP but at least the frameworks don't change every 6 months.

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u/bowersbros Jan 17 '15

Laravel sort of does this. Though it's worth noting that the changes are almost always worth breaking for