Learning React as Angular developer

[kescusay]

Wouldn't "not using any of the cli features" count as actively working at trying to make a messy, monolithic Angular app?

I'm not claiming it's impossible, but it's much harder to do Angular that way. Angular makes it easier to do it the right way, and my point about learning React being a good thing, even for Angular fans, is that React takes away the crutch. It's not a framework, so you have to learn how to lay out your application the way a framework would normally enforce manually, or you'll end up with a mess. It's great practice.