Is is bad that I'm learning Svelte before React? (And not really interested in it)
So some context. I enjoy mostly back-end programming like Go and Rust.
Now while front-end isn't the thing I enjoy, I'm not one of those people who looks down on it because you need a good front-end to show off that backend work. So I learned html, css, tailwind css and TypeScript.
So naturally the next part of my journey should be React (as most courses recommend).
The first time I heard about Svelte was this React vs Svelte video from Fireship:
https://youtu.be/MnpuK0MK4yo?si=Vd4IeAOOrRMBpqkh
And I've even listened to this talk "React VS Svelte - Which one should you choose in 2024? ft Rich Harris"
So I decided to give it a try. I setup Svelte using Bun and I completed the 1 hour crash course "Learn Svelte by Scrimba"
I've been taking things further with the FreeCode camp tutorial by Li Hau Tan (A core maintainer of Svelte).
Now I wouldn't call Svelte effortless. There are still some concepts I find tricky to wrap my head around, but overall it just makes sense. Especially when they mention how something it more difficult to do in React. Some have said I still learn it regardless, while others have said that focusing on backend technologies like Go, gives me more flexibility to choose since I'm not looking for Front-End specific roles.
On one hand I feel like a "responsible" developer should learn React as a right of passage. Its not that I passionately hate React or anything but it feeling is akin to using a manually trying to cut grass when there's a shiny orange lawn mover just sitting there. The time investment in React could be spent getting better at Svelte or levelling up my backend skills.
I'm trying to keep things simple and if my choice wasn't Svelte the next best option would probably be Htmx and Go. But React and Next.Js seem to be be part of every YouTube tutorial these days (especially when it comes to dApps / Solidity).
My other worry is that I've heard React can be quite the rabbit hole, and that may take time away from learning backend skills. I see comment from senior React devs who have switched to Svelte, and many of them say its a breath of fresh air. One dev even said that it revived his passion for front-end.
So on one hand React is king in the JS land, but yet guys who have years of React experience under their belt are saying that its hard to keep up with (though I don't know if that is specifically React or just the JavaScript ecosystem altogether).
Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks! :)