> And these react kiddies are able to put together a webapp that looks so much nicer, has more functionality, and they are able to do it in less time.
If that were true, then great, it would represent a genuine step forward.
Most of the time, you get a webapp that looks the same, works the same, but takes longer to develop (with a larger team of specialists), fails at basic accessibility, fails at SEO, is more brittle, buggy and harder to maintain.
And not to generalize but those React "kiddies" are very much everything-looks-like-a-nail guys. Because they lack breadth of experience and training they'll shove that one tool into every project, even where it makes no sense.
If that were true, then great, it would represent a genuine step forward.
Most of the time, you get a webapp that looks the same, works the same, but takes longer to develop (with a larger team of specialists), fails at basic accessibility, fails at SEO, is more brittle, buggy and harder to maintain.
And not to generalize but those React "kiddies" are very much everything-looks-like-a-nail guys. Because they lack breadth of experience and training they'll shove that one tool into every project, even where it makes no sense.