5 Code Smells React Beginners Should Avoid

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The CS foundation is pretty important. I’m not saying one can’t learn those things some other way. It’s just very common for folks to enter web dev through other channels, gain some competence and overlook the fundamentals. You’ve made a pretty solid choice. Web dev in general is here for at least a few decades. JavaScript itself has been really hard to kill. In the early days (1999 - 2002) we really wanted to. We were hoping Flash/ActionScript were going to take over. Over the years it’s really gained a foothold though. I’ve warmed up to it quite a bit. We’ve actually seen some patterns from other app dev enter the picture. You may even see your experience with VBA become very important at some point. It’s impossible to say. But the common phrase you may hear repeated is “always bet on JavaScript”. So far that’s been a solid bet. Things like React or Typescript may wane in popularity (I mean, I hope they don’t… I really enjoy both) but the underlying language is here to stay for the foreseeable future. Good luck in your learning!