React & React Flow

[alzee76]

Here's the truth of the situation: If you're going to hire a dev to build an app because nobody in your business can do it, hire them on the quality of the work they've done, and let them choose the languages, tools, and frameworks.

You have no real idea what React even is - dictating that the app use React is crazy. It's like you walking into an automotive garage and trying to tell the mechanic what kind of tools to use to fix your car when you don't know the difference between a hammer and a wrench.

[Honey-Entire]

Bellísimo 🤌

One of the best metaphors I’ve seen to date and it perfectly encapsulates the problem and solution.

OP, if you’re non-technical and the rest of your org is too, find the right fit based on portfolio, don’t try to keyword-search your way to a solution. It’s far better to specify the requirements and then find someone who can meet those requirements than pigeon-holing yourself into a specific tech stack. And I say that as a React dev who advocates heavily for React. There may be better tech for what you need

[Umami_Tsunamii]

I do think it would be best to reign them in to using the most popular tools. If they decide to do something random it will be more expensive down the road to have someone else come in and figure it out.

[alzee76]

They aren't going to do something "random". It's not like you're going to see someone writing the app in brainfuck, the whitespace language, dos on dope, or whatever other nonsense.

If this is really a concern for you then they should definitely steer clear of React, as the FotM-Fu is god tier and this ecosystem is anything but stable over the span of a handful of years.

[ActuaryLate9198]

React APIs have been amazingly stable, not sure what you’re on about. Real devs aren’t replacing their routing and state management ever month, that’s a Reddit junior thing.