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React is the premier frontend framework because it is easy to learn, scales ad infinitum, and has reached a critical mass where the library support is second to none.

Anyone advising juniors against learning React is shooting them in both feet, not least because of the demand for React developers.

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Learn JavaScript first, then React. Far too many devs know the React APIs without any context. If you know JS/TS, any framework is learnable. If you don't, your React code will never improve past mediocre and bloated.

Strong foundational knowledge in HTML and CSS helps as well. Still amazes me how many folks put onclick handlers on div tags and freak out when margins collapse.

Fundamentals before frameworks. I've been a tech educator for a decade now, and still see this so much.

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