[alayek]

A refreshing read. Was expecting a satirical negative take on the complexity.

However, this only covers a small part of front-end development with VDOM based approach, and a few ES6 constructs (destructuring, arrow functions, let-const).

The author misses out on mobile development, Node JS and NPM modules, server side, and Electron-based desktop apps.

It's a good thing to take the positive approach, and get introduced to some interesting, low-barrier-to-entry items. At the same time, it would be prudent to keep in mind what lies ahead.

[andybak]

I sense that the target audience is probably people who are already developers but have a negative view on the current js ecosystem.

They are likely to be fairly happy with their existing approaches to desktop and server development and want to learn to use javascript where it is currently unavoidable.

[GrumpyNl]

You dont need node.js or react for mobile developement, its not a must. I build fully responsive with html5, jQuery and a PhP api