[another-cuppa]

It's hard to explain. I know how the web works. I used to write HTML in Notepad many years ago. With Vue I just didn't know how the stuff I was writing was turning into the stuff that the web browser actually sees. React is just a JS library that you can add on to your HTML and CSS and makes sense in the standard model.

I guess with Vue I just don't feel in control any more, and that's a big no for me.

[vezycash]

It's usually React that people complain about.

If you like jQuery, you should like vue. Cause, you can use vue just by adding a script tag in your web page.

You don't need command line, web pack or any other tool to use most of vue.

[another-cuppa]

You can do that with React too.

[rhengles]

React is a great framework, the only thing I couldn't find is a great solution to have runtime templates. I know they're not optimal but for some small projects it's better to eliminate the build step. Of course no one in the right mind would manually write render functions.

[vezycash]

I figured that's what he's doing with React. He probably stumbled upon complicated Vue tutorials.

edit: Sorry. Didn't know I was replying to you.

If you're happy with React, by all means continue with it. If you want to understand Vue, then get simpler articles/videos and ignore the unnecessarily complicated ones.

[reaperducer]

I guess with Vue I just don't feel in control any more, and that's a big no for me.

I understand your feeling, even though I don’t work in React.

I worked for a company that brought in a new guy who was all hung-ho on Vue as the new hotness. He managed to convince the project manager that we had to convert the entire site to Vue.

I was never able to wrap my brain around the fact that so much of it was opaque. You just had to trust that A would lead to B would lead to C. And when it didn’t, even the Vue evangelist couldn’t untangle it.

As I’ve explored more and more languages and frameworks over the years, some I immediately grok, and others just never make sense. I think some programmers, brains are just wired differently than others. It’s too bad that there’s this undercurrent of tribalism and brand loyalty in the industry.

[rhengles]

I understand that because of some of Vue default conventions (like webpack and single file components). But i'm building a simple architecture to build Vue apps without the need to compile your scripts, you can check it out here:

https://unpkg.com/@arijs/vue-generator/outra/pagina/index.ht...

https://github.com/arijs/VueGenerator