A 15+ second load on a gigabit connection is impossible to have anything to do with the React library, as React is only kilobytes big and has no impact on the host.
It’s not just about the size of the payload, it’s about the stuff happening in the background and the constant diffing of the various DOMs that react has. I can tell I’m on a react site by how laggy it is. Some devs manage to do better but I can still tell.
Another wonderful feature of react is it will fully render the page on my iPad and then quickly replace it with an error message. Absolute brilliance.
> You might argue “that’s not reacts fault” but when I look at a website that takes 15+ seconds to load its content on a gigabit connection , I’m never surprised when it’s react.
> A 15+ second load on a gigabit connection is impossible to have anything to do with the React library, as React is only kilobytes big and has no impact on the host.
Perfectly proving my point.
It's not react-the-framework's fault, yet those sites are always react sites.
This is the "everyone who drinks water dies, therefore drinking water is deadly" argument. I'd also guess lesser known frameworks have a higher proportion of better developers - i.e people taking the time to research and try new technologies probably are more competent. You're also forgetting about the trillions of wordpress (and similar) websites that exist.
Depends on the project. For websites I like to use a statically generated Nextjs site served by nginx[1] and for SPAs Nginx that serves a Vite-built static bundle with a backend that’s in whatever language the backend team chose.
You didn't ask me, but I have what seems like an esoteric use for React: I only use React for the components, because vanilla/native web components are a major pain in the ass to work with.
You don’t need to wrestle with React’s state management monster unless you’re into that sort of thing.
archerx|11 months ago
Another wonderful feature of react is it will fully render the page on my iPad and then quickly replace it with an error message. Absolute brilliance.
maccard|11 months ago
> A 15+ second load on a gigabit connection is impossible to have anything to do with the React library, as React is only kilobytes big and has no impact on the host.
Perfectly proving my point.
It's not react-the-framework's fault, yet those sites are always react sites.
gcau|11 months ago
pier25|11 months ago
MartijnHols|11 months ago
[1] https://martijnhols.nl/blog/how-much-traffic-can-a-pre-rende...
joquarky|11 months ago
You don’t need to wrestle with React’s state management monster unless you’re into that sort of thing.