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Are class components really considered out of date? I still prefer writing those compared to functional components. Vue is also moving in that direction with their composite API.

I think it’s why I like Svelte, it’s just JavaScript.

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Hooks are a very useful abstraction, they are like functions but with a built in of lifecycle state (so not pure but implicitly effectful). I cut down so much code using hooks, I even use them in non JS projects even, such as in Flutter with flutter_hooks, that's how strong of an abstraction they are.

{# is it just javascript?}

It's not, that's why I like React, I don't have to learn how to do a for loop in a custom HTML DSL again. And before anyone says it, no, JSX is not a DSL, it's just syntax sugar over JS, you can write React fully in createElement if you want.

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