[mercer]

Yeah, I found that approach to be much better even if it feels like it takes longer. Only now that I've got a working todo app (based on a particular system) working, with a decent understanding of every part, I might look into this boilerplate (or another) to see what might be some 'best practices' and to see where I might've taken a suboptimal approach.

I find that this generally is the best approach.

Of course, the mistake I usually end up making, and one I made in this case, is that I try to learn too many things at once. For the current project: Redux, React (+ router stuff), Flowtype, Typescript, hot reloading, and something else I forget. Certainly didn't make things easier or more efficient, but it was hella fun!

(Flowtype in particular is going to stick around for future projects where I don't want to go all-in on types. Typescript seems like a better long-term bet though, FWIW).