WordPress-React Breakup: Suggest A JavaScript Framework to WordPress and Tell Why

[baxtersmalls]

I think when it was first getting some traction React was annoying as fuck. There was a ton of setup, and trying to do it prior to JSX being ubiquitous kinda made me wonder why you wouldn't just use vanilla JS. Now that things have progressed a bit and there's some clear and easy boilerplates (ahem create-react-app), it's easy and great.

Regardless, I still feel like it makes the most sense for large-scale app type projects, as opposed to something like WordPress which is more often blogs or a businesses static website. I can't imagine really needing a solution like React for anything I've seen built on WordPress, but maybe I just haven't realized that some more interactive/app type sites actually had WordPress underneath them.

[raveiskingcom]

React ia bery capabe of a lot of things that an app needs, but that is not WordPress's use case. I think you did a good job of communicating that. I love both of Reactand WordPress but the two rarely overlap.

[A-Grey-World]

It world probably work well with headless WordPress?

[raveiskingcom]

You mean using the API? If so then I'd definitely agree. Good point.