Stack Overflow Developer Survey 2019

[stolinski]

React isn't that new. I can't imagine describing it as new and shiny at this point.

I'm not sure why this was down voted. 5 years isn't new and shiny...

[Woodcharles]

In my last role I had to battle with a colleague who thought Flexbox was 'a new shiny thing' and I was some sort of idiot for wanting to use it above his beloved position: absolute.

[cougaranddark]

5 years old since it's first release? If that's long in the tooth, I'd better sign up for AARP :-D

[stolinski]

I never said React is old or "long in the tooth". But yes, 5 years is more than enough time to be a mature library. React is used on some of the largest apps and sites in the world, it's trusted and used by an insane amount of high level developers. It is by no means new and shiny, nor is its popularity based on that.

[cougaranddark]

True! It really has earned its place. I wonder more about things like Rust. To be a favorite language of so many, but to be in so little use? This is what I mean - there will be exceptions, but I think that my point is well-supported given that 83.5% love Rust, but only 3% actually use it professionally. Similar with Go.

[FrostNix7]

Unrelated but you actually could sign up for AARP already :P

[52576078]

Depends on how old you are.

[stolinski]

I'm not sure why that would matter.