Common misconceptions

There is a common opinion that React is a huge set of technologies and tools, and if you want to use it, you are forced to deal with package managers, transpilers, module bundlers, and an infinite list of different libraries.

This idea is so widespread and shared among people that it has been clearly defined, and has been given the name JavaScript Fatigue.

It is not hard to understand the reasons behind this. In fact, all the repositories and libraries in the React ecosystem are made using the shiny new technologies, the latest version of JavaScript, and the most advanced techniques and paradigms.

Moreover, there is a massive number of React boilerplates on GitHub, each one with tens of dependencies to offer solutions for any ...

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