> but all of the other ideas have been implemented and used on the web before.
Is this true? I've worked in web dev for like 6 yrs now and React has provided a significant number of concepts and technologies I'd never seen before and still dont see elsewhere.
For example, JSX. Yes, it originated in php but React was its first time being implemented in the frontend.
Also the concept of hooks and functional components. The fact that you explicitly define side-effects in the render of a function, with memoization or execution dependent on arbitrary state, is a new invention as far as I'm concerned.
Is this true? I've worked in web dev for like 6 yrs now and React has provided a significant number of concepts and technologies I'd never seen before and still dont see elsewhere.
For example, JSX. Yes, it originated in php but React was its first time being implemented in the frontend.
Also the concept of hooks and functional components. The fact that you explicitly define side-effects in the render of a function, with memoization or execution dependent on arbitrary state, is a new invention as far as I'm concerned.