React vs Solid - Seriously?
Chad Steele

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React vs Solid - Seriously?

Publish Date: Sep 11 '22
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There is no contest.

SolidJS is faster, better, and easier to learn and maintain. If you're already a React developer, you're already a Solid developer. You'll just type a lot less in Solid and spend less time debugging. If your company is still investing in React in any way at all, you're wasting lots of time and money. Enjoy.

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Start here https://www.solidjs.com/tutorial/introduction_basics

It's fun!

Comments 10 total

  • Avin Lambrero
    Avin LambreroSep 11, 2022

    ecosystem?)

  • Rense Bakker
    Rense BakkerSep 12, 2022

    Yea ecosystem is a huge problem, it's not mature yet.

    • Chad Steele
      Chad SteeleSep 12, 2022

      javascript has a massive ecosystem. solidjs is just javascript + jsx... there is nearly nothing added. Truly. Read about it before you dismiss it for a bandwagon
      solidjs.com/tutorial/introduction_...

      • Rense Bakker
        Rense BakkerSep 12, 2022

        Component libraries.

        • Chad Steele
          Chad SteeleSep 12, 2022

          Again, any vanilla javascript library is a solid library

          • Rense Bakker
            Rense BakkerSep 12, 2022

            Yes, but React component libraries are not vanilla JS. React has a very mature ecosystem that allows developers to write applications really fast. Some of those React libraries are based on vanilla JS libraries, but some are not and untill those get ported to Solid, React will remain more popular for enterprise apps.

            • Chad Steele
              Chad SteeleSep 12, 2022

              No port necessary with Solid. Check it out. I see you're highly invested in React and write often about it. Just try SolidJS on a small project. I'll bet you'll convert. ❤️❤️❤️

              • Rense Bakker
                Rense BakkerSep 12, 2022

                I have and it does not yet meet my requirements. For example, there is no mature mui library for solid yet.

                • Chad Steele
                  Chad SteeleSep 15, 2022

                  What's not in suid.io you can easily find in mui.com/core/, but again, it's not necessary like React because it's vanilla js compatible.

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