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Martin Coutts
Martin Coutts
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Posted by Martin Coutts
Martin Coutts
18,154 Points

Is it always better to use React?

I am just beginning to learn React and I can totally understand why it is so widely used and highly regarded. It is a great technology and I really like the modular aspect of user interfaces.

The thing I keep wondering is should you always use it? Say I was building a super simple static website which did not require anything fancy, just had to look good, would React be overkill or should I still use it. I guess the beauty of making it to begin in React would be scaling up at a later date might be easier but I was just curious what more experienced developers think on the subject.

Thanks

1 Answer

stjarnan
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stjarnan
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stjarnan
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Hi Martin,

You might get different opinions on this, it comes down a lot to personal preference. Personally, if it was a rather basic static project, I would probably go without React. But it also depends on if I felt the project would stay small in the future too.

Just ask yourself: Would React help me? Would it be easier to go without a library?

I hope that helps,

Jonas

Luke Pettway
Luke Pettway
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To add on to what Jonas said, CSS Tricks has a great article on this topic:

https://css-tricks.com/project-need-react/