[Koha-devel] To React or not to React

[Philippe Blouin]

Can I not be against, yet still have concerns?  :)

I'm glad you so gallantly dumped Angular, which I would have raised my 
hand Against since that thing obsolete past code every 6 months. But I 
do not know React.  Could you sell me more the big plusses to do that.  
What will it replace, do you have an example?  What about all the code 
waiting approval right now, will it become obsolete because non-Reactive ?

All the big previous changes (bootstrap, dbix...) were not without pain, 
espeicially for those outside the core, not coding these technologies 24/7.

And how do you see React evolving in the next 5 years?  Keeping up with 
bootstrap requires huge effort (if/when we upgrade).

Again, I know little.  Please don't ask me if I'm against, but give me 
your big sales pitch. :)

Cheers,

Philippe Blouin,
Responsable du développement informatique

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On 09/19/2016 08:18 AM, Kyle Hall wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback Stefano!
>
> Please, if anybody is *against* the use of React in Koha, please voice 
> your concerns!
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> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 9:50 AM, Stefano Bargioni <bargioni at pusc.it 
> <mailto:bargioni at pusc.it>> wrote:
>
>     My +1 for React. Angular requires a specific skill, other than
>     Javascript.
>     Stefano
>
>>     On 15 set 2016, at 19:22, Kyle Hall <kyle.m.hall at gmail.com
>>     <mailto:kyle.m.hall at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     I have my proof of concept for using React within Koha completed!
>>     You can see it here:
>>     https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17297
>>     <https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=17297>
>>
>>     Please give it a try!
>>
>>     So, I've written this development ( at least in part ) in both
>>     Angular and React. I know Angular 2 is out but here are my
>>     thoughts so far.
>>
>>     1) It's much easier to think in React than in Angular. React is
>>     for the most part just Javascript. It's far less opinionated than
>>     Angular. They saying goes React is Javascript and Angular is
>>     Angular. I think the flexibility of React works well within the
>>     Koha ecosystem.
>>
>>     2) Writing React feels much more like programming. I think it's
>>     much faster to develop reactive and ajax features in React than
>>     it is using jQuery.
>>
>>     3) React makes it pretty easy to create widgets that we can drop
>>     in to a given page and have just work. Pretty much anything that
>>     shows up on multiple pages would make for a good React widget.
>>     Think the holds table which is on the checkouts page and the
>>     patron details page. It is ajaxified now, but a far far cleaner
>>     version could be written in React.
>>
>>     4) React is just a view layer. Angular is a full MVC framework
>>     with many pieces we don't really need.
>>
>>     I think React is probably the way to go for Koha. I like Angular
>>     but for Koha in particular, I think React is a better fit. I
>>     think we really need to get this decision made as soon as
>>     possible. If anyone has opinions, please let everyone know!
>>
>>     Kyle
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