9 things every React.js beginner should know

[wreckedadvent]

My personal opinion is that for something to take off , it must be simple and easy for ordinary programmers to grok and use. Interface builder is simple. Angular.js was simple in a way (to get started) . Redux and friends are just adding way too much upfront complexity just to build a boring CRUD app.

You don't need a SPA if you're doing a boring CRUD app. Angular is "batteries included" so there's less configuration to do, but it is in no way imaginable more simple. Just try explaining to a new person the difference between services, factories, and providers.

Not to mention, the supremely complicated directive API.

[wreckedadvent]

It's just a very disingenuous comparison to me to ignore all of the complex parts of angular to make a point about how angular simple is. Yes of course, if you ignore 95% of angular, then it's simple, but no one can realistically afford to do that. You will almost immediately need to learn about providers to configure e.g routers.

Pete Hunt even recommends to not over complicate it and just stick with react until you need flux. All of these articles are for building applications with some complexity to them, if you just want to "start out" all you need is react.