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What is the major difference in React (web app) and PHP being not a web app - or how do I decide what to use (kbin.social)

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What is the major difference in React (web app) and PHP being not a web app - or how do I decide what to use

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

@AvgCakeSlice okay I understand. In your own mind. Would you rather code with "traditional" languages or react?

[–] AvgCakeSlice 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Well, both, but if you’re just talking about the frontend, then yeah I’d use a frontend framework like React (though personally I’d rather use Vue or Svelte if I had the choice)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@AvgCakeSlice What makes you choose Vue and Svelte over React? I only.know that React is hyped a lot and also on job listings.

[–] AvgCakeSlice 2 points 1 year ago

It’s mostly preference. Vue and Svelte are easier to work with, IMO. React is perfectly fine and there is a larger community around it as it is more widely adopted by large companies, but there’s also a lot of crap so it can be hard as a novice to discern what is good and what isn’t.