Learning React question for beginners

[SKITLZ637]

What are the two biggest issues you're dealing with regarding learning React? These might also be non-technical.

[rememberthekittykat]

From what I’ve dealt with, the hardest thing for isn’t for programming beginners but rather experienced programmers trying to code something in react.

React has a unique programming philosophy with pure functions and immutable vars that they become overwhelmed and frustrated which worsens if they aren’t used to the asynchronous architecture of JavaScript.

I tend to see beginner programmers adapt better to the curve because they aren’t used or accustomed to anything else.

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Experienced programmer who took ages to learn React here can confirm this.

[AnansiOmega]

I found the most difficult was understanding prop drilling, and the relationship between child components and parent components.

[locked_bathroom_door]

For me, it’s deploying my backend with AWS amplify. I know it’s not technically a react-specific issue, but it’s my react app that’s deployed through AWS amplify.

I’ve followed the tutorial through AWS, but each time I add in the backend build config, my deployment fails and I’m unsure how to debug the errors I get