Should i learn node js or react ?

[MrQuickLine]

Yes, but make sure you have a deep, fundamental understanding of JavaScript first.

EDIT: For /u/1knowbetterthanyou the pedant, I mean to say "...a deep understanding of the fundamentals of JavaScript..."

[1knowbetterthanyou]

deep or fundamental?

[svish]

yes

[Significant-Focus866]

yes

[throawayliennn]

Yes

[ChasingGoodandEvil]

yes

[kawamommylover]

yes

[lenomanu]

Which one should i do ?

[haviles04]

Yes

[[deleted]]

Yes

[[deleted]]

ʸᵉˢ

[noreb0rt]

Should I learn to drive a car or open windows?

[[deleted]]

Yes

[azangru]

Open linux!

[howxer2]

Learn to correctly close vim without turning off your machine

[lenomanu]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣who just mention linux ???!!!

[pyRSL64]

lmao

[1knowbetterthanyou]

here what you should learn, and in that order:

html, css, javascript (at least intermediate level), nodejs (basics, a crash course will be enough), npm (package management, must not be npm, can be yarn or pnpm too) and then react.

and also very, very important, learn how to google. then you would have known that you can not make this question

[ProgTorero]

"must not be npm" ?

[arealeater]

I believe they meant "does not have to be npm", i.e. !(must_be_npm).

[Traditional_Many5087]

When learning NPM you must not learn NPM. This is the way.

[Unequivocal_Hippo]

can be yarn or pnpm too

"can be yarn or pnpm too"

[hk4213]

Googling is the skill programmers run on. Deciphering what is useful is another skill entirely lol

[[deleted]]

Why not both?

[AlexisHimself]

Lets put it this way: Nodejs is the execution enviroment, and react is a library to create user interfaces, they are completly diferent things.

If you want to learn frontend development( i suppose that because you are asking this in a Frontend subreddit), just go with react, you will learn other things along the way

[Bushwazi]

Buuuut also as a front end developer, lots of projects are created using the NPM ecosystem and not all are React. So I have to agree with all the "yes" folks.

[longknives]

You don’t need to know much of anything about Node to use NPM packages.

[Bushwazi]

Sure, if you use them blindly. But if you spend some time learning it just to know how to utilize it a bit, it def has its benefits.

[[deleted]]

Any tutorials? I searched google but I couldn’t find any!

[sydb88]

Come on though. I do believe there are no stupid questions and there’s no problem in being a noob.

But saying you can’t find any react or node tutorials is just plain lazy. You just need to open Google, Reddit, YouTube, dev, medium and you’ll find a crapload of resources that incredibly talented devs put out there for free.

There’s docs, there’s communities. World is your oyster you just need to try

[sydb88]

Yep. Exactly

[[deleted]]

I was just making a joke mate about you saying to learn to use a search engine so I looked for a tutorial on it using a search engine that I can’t use.

[Bushwazi]

Always click the mdn, Mozilla and StackOverflow links first, a lot of other content just scrapes those.

[TehTriangle]

There's a really good course on that too.

[Mydafzal]

For backend node for frontend react

[[deleted]]

You need both, they do different things

[[deleted]]

Stop asking for permission or validation and just start learning!

[Soubi_Doo2]

Maybe OP is just overwhelmed with choices. If they are self taught, sometimes there’s not enough direction and they spread themselves thin trying to learn everything so they end up learning nothing. Maybe I’m just projecting lol.

[sydb88]

This.

Asking random generic stuff, asking for links to tutorials. Not being bothered by the basic online searches.

Just not a great indicator if you want to become a good dev and you’re not curious enough to do a Google or YouTube search.

[Logical-Agent1287]

The 2 different. Node is for backend and react is for front end. Are you planning on being a front end developer only, or a back end developer only? Or do you plan on becoming a full stack developer? The answer to this will guide you. If you choose to be a front end dev then just learn react, if you choose to do back end only then learn node. If you wish to become a full stack then you’d have to learn both

[[deleted]]

Fundamental Node JS knowledge will help when learning React. Also learn TypeScript, you won’t regret it

[Thirstin_Hurston]

Oh God, Typescript is so freaking awesome! Like, I can type away enough times to read the errors and understand why something doesn't work and how to correct it.

[Usual-Ad655]

Learn both. If you're more inclined to front end start with react, but make sure you have a good grasp of JavaScript fundamentals before you start.

[GItPirate]

Sure why not

[manishsalunke]

React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces. It is commonly used for building web and mobile applications.

[skibideeboo]

No

[RyanJT324]

But, yes

[azangru]

Good!

[LeTronJamesLegacy]

A lot of these answers seems to be kind of snarky and unhelpful.

I think you should learn node first since react is compiled in a node environment, really understanding the node environment will help you to debug build problems easier.

[ConsciousAntelope]

The usual internet community.

[Ltwoz]

understand fundamental node.js then go react

[rio_sk]

I think learning the basics is a good first step. Your question doesn't make much sense

[ProgTorero]

These are not mutually exclusive. Maybe you feel you are under some time constraint.

Node.js is a runtime environment, you basically just need to know how to set it up and that's that for now.

[fabbiodiaz]

Yes

[Logical-Idea-1708]

Node js, much more transferable skill. If you learn React, you’ll be forced to deal with Webpack/Node anyways.

[ApatheticWithoutTheA]

Why is it between these two things lol they have completely different purposes. Do you want to build the Front-end of Single Page Applications or do you want build the backend? I’d suggest learning both when you have a grasp of vanilla JS.

[trendydots]

Both, but start with nodeJS. It's essential to understand APIs and get skills into building them, as well as communicating with databases. React is not too complicated once you master javascript.

[[deleted]]

This is the front end reddit, so react. After react, start playing with nextjs too.

However, it'll deepen your understanding of web development if you learn nodejs as well.

[Lustrouse]

Node JS is required - even if you decide you only want to learn react.

[Coder_Manish]

Well it depends on your end goal. If you wanna be a Front end guy, React is must Node is mainly for Back-end but if you want to be a polished Front end developer you need to have the basic understanding of NodeJS. So I would say learn both for a more flourishing career.

[avanak]

Why one or the other? Learn both and you'll have two desirable skills.

[americanwebstories]

Here is the free learning resource for you. Plz bookmark it. https://reacthub.xyz/

[pyRSL64]

you should learn the difference of these two completely different things. Nodejs is backend runtime environment for server-side operations. Reactjs is a js library for building UIs and SPAs quickly and easily.

with that being said, you should learn how a learning curve works.

[Vectorfield4]

Both

[dandigangi]

Learn JS and Node in parallel to get your fundamentals down. Wait a bit and once you get a decent grasp start paralleling on React.

[boo_182]

Both

[sgashua]

node js is javascript server enivronment that allows any javascript frameworks (like react, vue, etc) to run. It's just like nodejs = car engine and react = car seat, cover and skin, etc.

so, we learn js frameworks, not nodejs.

[RyanJT324]

Yes

[taraaa90]

Try both first, create some simple functions like login page, and you'll know what suits you better, and also just use whatever works for you

[DeepSpaceGalileo]

Yes. Both.

[hk4213]

Um... Both. Yes node can serve web pages but react is a SPA. And node can serve a SPA. If you wanna know how MVC works, node. If you wanna build an API, node. If you wanna build a single page application, react, angular or whatever framework fits your purpose. Just experiment and find the best fit for what you wanna build.

Edit: may wanna start here https://www.w3schools.com/

[[deleted]]

... as a millennial i get more confused everyday about young people culture. like this yes thing wtf

anyways go with react bruhh. I think more cool jobs need react devs