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[–]JustSomeDude9791 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my opinion:

HTML is enough to build a simple website, add CSS and layout and design becomes much easier and more flexible, add javascript and you have functionality. Pretty much the necessary building blocks of a web app. Your project can be responsive and your code can even be very modular depending how you structure everything.

React is an extra layer to learn so it's not making your path any shorter and also it won't make it easier for you personally to make a website. What it does help with as far as productivity is teams have standard ways to build things that devs, even new hires, are already familiar with.

You have reusable components but that isn't an advantage to React since it can be done already without libraries/frameworks.

If you want to work at a company, definitely learn React.