TrustRadius Insights for React are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, third party data sources.
Pros
Versatile State Management: Users have praised React for its highly versatile state management capabilities, allowing developers to tailor their solutions based on specific requirements. This flexibility has been appreciated by many reviewers and has enabled them to effectively manage state in their applications.
Efficient Code Organization: Many users have highlighted React's ability to effectively organize code, resulting in a streamlined development process. This feature has allowed developers to maintain a structured and maintainable codebase, facilitating collaboration among team members and making it easier to understand and maintain the code over time.
Improved Performance with Virtual DOM: Reviewers have appreciated React's speed and efficiency, particularly with its virtual DOM implementation. The optimization of re-rendering and display updates has resulted in faster and smoother user interfaces. This improved performance contributes to a better overall user experience when using React-based applications.
React Reviews
3 Reviews
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
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In the project that I am working on, the front end of the main website is built with React JS. We have been working on it for the last 3 months and didn't face any issues or anything. React is easier than any other front end library. Also it is popular and known by many so it is easier to recruit people for the same. Considering the fact that it is widely used, we are also planning to use it in upcoming projects.
Pros
React is easier to understand
It can handle abrupt situations well
It is being widely used
Cons
I don't find anything
Likelihood to Recommend
I would like to recommend React as I am a user and I have had a good experience with it.
VU
Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology (1-10 employees)
We use it for all of our application development UI needs. Building a UI (and ultimately UX) in JavaScript is great... JSX makes tons of sense and has allowed me to solo-develop Riders Share (in tandem with a handful of other projects/libraries) very quickly.
Pros
State drive UI & UX
Pairs well with React Semantic UI
Pairs well with MeteorJS
Helps you to structure/organize code in a sensible way
Cons
Learning curve
Frequent changes (but they're always good about backwards compatibility)
Likelihood to Recommend
React is great for web application development, especially for SPAs (Single Page Apps) - it maybe less suited for traditional website development.
React has been used as a web front-end layer for a few different projects. We have a couple of web applications that we have chosen to use React for. It addressed the need for something that was forward-thinking and progressive in its approach to development. It allows us to structure the client-side logic and presentation code in a more maintainable way.
Pros
React makes managing state both easy and hard (depending on the context of the situation). So I am using it as both a pro and a con.
React makes organizing your code quite easy.
React is fast.
It can be used on the front end and also rendered server-side.
The Ecosystem is enormous for being so young. Wide-spread adoption has helped this and gives you plenty of areas to find help.
React Native is an amazing tool that gets you into Mobile Development using the skills you learn in React Web development
Cons
React's state management can get hairy if you have a deeply nested component and need to pass things up or down the tree very far. This is where libraries like Redux come in, however.
The progressive nature of its development and change cycles can leave information outdated online faster than other frameworks. This can make finding help or documentation on 3rd party sites frustrating.
The learning curve on "thinking in React" can be slightly higher than other more familiar patterns of web development.
Building an app in it can be cumbersome to set up with webpack, but things like Create React App can get you going in a jiffy.
Likelihood to Recommend
If I were just adding small components that needed to do simple things in a web page, I would probably not choose React. It kinda feels like a big hammer for a little nail like that. There is a bit more overhead in library size to accomplish smaller tasks.
With that being said, I feel like React is a great choice for medium to larger size web applications that have lots of moving parts. Using it will help you structure your app more efficiently overall.
There are some areas that are still frustrating and include lots of boilerplate with React (which have been alleviated with certain libraries).
Just getting started can be a battle - Use Create React App to get off the ground faster
State management can get difficult - Use Redux if necessary
Form handling can be laborious - Use Formik or something similar
