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That one guy who told me to skip HTML and go straight to React was wrong
My buddy Dave said HTML is old news and I should start with React. I spent 3 weeks fighting with components before I even understood how a webpage loads. Should I go back to basics or push through the pain?
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julia_lee15d agoMost Upvoted
Dave's advice is like telling someone to run before they can crawl. HTML is the foundation of the web and skipping it means you're building on sand. Go back to basics for a couple weeks, it'll save you months of confusion later.
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lunakim15d agoMost Upvoted
Ask @julia_lee what happens when a total newbie tries to copy a CSS animation from CodePen into their site but doesn't get why the layout breaks everywhere. The frustration of debugging without knowing how the damn divs stack is a pretty solid teacher. I've seen people spend more time on 'skipping' HTML than they would have just learning the basics in a week.
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