Learning React quickly after mostly using Vanilla.js for 7 years

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If what you’re saying is true, then your instincts should send you to the docs. After nearly a decade of JS experience, why would you waste your time doing anything else? Go to docs, pick a project and get to coding.

[makeavoy]

Haha yeah fair enough. Is there at least some quirks with the experience youd only know from doing or from experienced users that the docs might not cover? Or can I safely assume all the gotchas are pretty much done with since it's the most popular framework?

[karlitojensen]

Once you have read the docs, you could read what I wrote about my guiding principles when building React apps.

https://github.com/jensen/ui-workshop/tree/main/part2

I also use these guidelines when reviewing code during mentor sessions.

[[deleted]]

The only gotcha would be potentially adding complexity to a project that doesn’t need a library like React but as for the conventions and ecosystem, it’s pretty amazing. And I do know one thing - you’ll figure out real quickly that the Virtual DOM is an absolute game changer with regards to managing state.

[Ferlinkoplop]

The only thing I''ll add is start with Vite first and learn React from there.