[mildbow]

Silly downvoters: they are responding to your tone rather than the content of your post.

Anyway, for sure there is a tonne of cruft and confusion when starting a new js project(SPA app) nowadays. Esp if you want to use react: it's one of the blessings/curse of using a library vs a framework.

If, however, you stop looking for the "right" way to do things by reading blog posts etc,and just take the easiest path with react, then redux and webpack will take you far enough.

[LukeB_UK]

I downvoted because of both content and tone.

The web is the platform that works across all devices. Sure an app is great when you already use that site, but before they're invested, are people really gonna download an app?

Not to mention that you're heavily reliant on Apple and Google for your framework. With the web, you can use whatever you like, you can even roll your own if you want.

Sure there are a lot of JavaScript libraries, but how else will ideas evolve?