I think he have a good point, you shouldn't be switching frontend tech all the time. Focus on making a good product.
> If your product is still around in 5 years, you’re doing great and you should feel successful. But guess what? Whatever framework you choose will be obsolete in 5 years.
However I feel like this point isn't entirely correct. According to StateOfJs [1] React have been the most used frontend library for the last 8 years (which I think is how long the survey have been done). React Hooks which is the modern way of writing React components have been around for 7 years (since 2018).
React is definitely going to be around in 5 years, and most likely still going to be the most used frontend library. I also don't think Vue is going away in the next 5 years (Angular might however, they are loosing usage numbers year after year).
So really I think there is an argument to be made that you should just use React and move on.
I started a new job in 2017 rewriting a rather large website with tons of functionality. The old one had to be replaced because it wasn't maintained and started to become a security issue.
I started doing JS and React/Redux for that job, and just as I was getting the hang of it React broke all my knowledge by coming up with "the modern way of writing React components", hooks. In my opinion there was absolutely nothing wrong with the old way of writing components. I never rewrote my now more than year old project, kept using the normal way of writing React components, which was still allowed. Two years later the depreciation messages started flashing by in the build process, and I was looking at a moutain of work having to refactor the complete front end.
Luckily I was able to move on to other things. But React always left the taste in my mouth of "don't, it auto-breaks after time".
I recently visited this old employer, and they have now hired a new coder to rebuild the old website, which is becoming a security issue.
> If your product is still around in 5 years, you’re doing great and you should feel successful. But guess what? Whatever framework you choose will be obsolete in 5 years.
However I feel like this point isn't entirely correct. According to StateOfJs [1] React have been the most used frontend library for the last 8 years (which I think is how long the survey have been done). React Hooks which is the modern way of writing React components have been around for 7 years (since 2018).
React is definitely going to be around in 5 years, and most likely still going to be the most used frontend library. I also don't think Vue is going away in the next 5 years (Angular might however, they are loosing usage numbers year after year).
So really I think there is an argument to be made that you should just use React and move on.
[1] https://2024.stateofjs.com/en-US/libraries/front-end-framewo...