React vs Vanilla JavaScript [ when should you learn react ]

The biggest mistake when learning is procrastinating through the fear that we still don't know enough. Let me explain.

A lot of times, when we start learning something new, we feel that we have to master it before we can be productive.

This is exactly what happens when we start learning js. It keeps us from having enough confidence to move on and to take our first react tutorial for beginners.

It is literally stopping your ability to be productive as a web developer.

To get a job, you need to build a portfolio. And you just won't be able to create one good enough to get hired as a web developer with just vanilla javascript.

In this video, I will give you my reasons why.

Let me know in the comments your thoughts on the topic. Would love to hear about it.

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[gnsf]

Man, as the comment you pinned said you don't know how to use vanilla JavaScript and HTML (and possibly CSS) properly, your code was making my braincells fucking die from of some weird tech stroke by osmosis, trying to generate html HTML from JavaScript is pointless since you are not meant to do that anyway, you are basically trying to build react into vanilla JavaScript, it's the wrongest approach I'd ever seen in my life, please, please go back to the basics and learn some HTML at least, CSS as well possibly, pseudo classes so nice, you will soon find out the true power of vanilla JavaScript (you have already your web browser acting as a huge framework underneath)

For forms as well vanilla JavaScript has tools to parse them and get that juicy data into objects, it's so nice

Your code could have been just 3 functions:
The event handler which uses 3 things
The other function that fetches from the API by calling fetch for example
Sets Element.InnerText to update the element in question
The other function that does the TTS part that i have absolutely no idea how you couldn't make it on multiple lines

It was just so easy and you made it a hundred times more complex

[pineapplestring]

You used to teach me jiujitsu lol... glad to know you’re doing well Paul!

[ramyarao]

I needed this. No matter how many vanilla javascript projects i implement, i still feel it's not good enough, that I should "master" js first and then proceed with react. This was very helpful 👍

[andreasaus]

Top advice, i just took enough time to really understand all the basic essentials of javascript and just jumped into react.
I feel like i finally understood the power of javascript when i started learning react.
Learning react will definetly be a longer journey but i feel if done right and with right courses/teachers the learning curve can be very smooth.
Its like writing basic css after learning sass or css modules etc? It has its place but just dosen't feel the same.

[JordanAF]

I wish I saw this video a month ago, I was wondering this exact thing. Amazing channel, you're going to blow up soon!

[paultopham]

honestly a great video, needed this at the moment as well, as i was putting off learning react until i until i knew far more Javascript

[hidt]

Thank you, your video showed up the exact time I needed. I am practicing vanilla js everyday but I feel like I'm not learning enough. Gonna study react ASAP.

[karantrivedi]

Literally could find the only perfect video according to my query. Amazing man. Thank you for making this.

[benixmaximus]

Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts. I'm 41 and studying to be a react developer so really appreciate this video.

[civilwisdom]

You made this video in 2020 and i am watching in 2022 and getting benefitted. I appreciate your effort.

[bartdapkus]

I am learning coding after 60! Very informative and I was in that exact position with JS I will definitely switch my focus to React and subscribe for more advice I can learn at my own pace! Thank you so much!!

[jibrilsalimosman]

It’s true, cus JavaScript is very broad and at first I wanted to go deep and know everything before learn React.so I started learning React and sometimes I go back to revise something in JavaScript

[heikokraemer]

I'm happy that I found this video, the situation you're describing is where I am right now. I've completed Brad's course completely, spent a lot of time on it, took so much notes … basically transcribed the whole thing. I do not have the feeling that I didn't get, but I still feel that I have to learn more or do more tutorials in order to be ready to start from scratch with projects of my own. I was going to look into Node.js before looking at a framework. I'd love to hear your opinions on "Node.js or React" as the next logical step after learning vanilla JS.

[tiraninuka]

I was also thinking to learn react in that way, but many developers in utube and udemy tell to follow other way round. So i was hesitant to do that. But from this video u gave me the confident to start learn react in that way. Thank you very much ❤️❤️
Don't get demotivated by the number of subscribers u have now. Keep creating great content like this. I'm sure u will get loads of subscribers in the near future. ❤️❤️

[storyPlus]

Thanks man I really need this video at this time ..
I have spend more than one months on vanilla js . I know the basics I plan to jump on react as soon as possible..

[araputrevor]

Thank you so much for this. I thought i was doing it wrong but you have help me move forward

[navi]

If you do not know how to do what react does using pure JS then you don't understand the basics. React is not the answer. If yiu want to leanr JS do a complex project and figure out how to solve the issues you come across. Then learn react as an extension.

[Rubenjr]

This is great! Thank you so much for showing an example of javascript app compared to a react js app it really helped a lot. Im not going to lie ive doing a lot of tutorials in javascript and I felt like i wasnt good enough at javascript yet to learn react because im not at level to build a web app with javascript. But thanks again for this video. Deinately gave me more confidence to make the leap.

[Gavinconaghty]

Awesome vid! You pushed me to start react. B4 this I thought vanilla js was the way to go.. Thank you.

[drrecommended]

Thank you so much for this video it literally got to me right when I needed it