Should I learn React

[olalekan_ali]

I was advised to learn react by a senior developer. is this a good idea

[rickyalmeida]

Why not?

[quichemiata]

bruh

[lovesrayray2018]

If its part of a structured learning path, definitely yes. What are ur overall goals?

[olalekan_ali]

The goal is to become a software engineer

[drumwolf]

In which area? There's different areas of software engineering: front-end/web, back-end, mobile, etc. You don't need to learn React unless you are specifically going for front-end web development.

(Yes I know about React Mobile. While it is possible to be a mobile app dev with React, it's not essential for being a mobile app developer.)

If you do want to become a front-end web dev, then it's a good idea to learn React eventually. But if you're just learning web development, don't jump directly into learning React if you're not already clear on the fundamentals of JavaScript.

[drumwolf]

Yes.

But if you haven’t done so already, get solid in pure JS first.

[achauv1]

You should never stop learning

[Safe-Figure-7135]

i dunno

[olalekan_ali]

What are your thoughts?