React.js looks intriguing based on the popularity. Is it here to stay or just another one of those js libraries....?

it will stay a while.

Facebook recently changed its license for react to make it more available to other projects so they seem to plan for a wide adoption.

So I dough development will stop anytime soon ;)

@oo92 it will be replaced by WebAssembly soon hopefully.

It's been here for over 3 years and its one of the most talked about libraries out there. Don't think it going anywhere any time soon

@Wozza365 No, that's just stupid. I don't think you understand web assembly.

What is a potential candidate for react replacement is web components since react is basically a polyfill for that.

@Froot the person I responded to was talking about JavaScript. And I know wasm isn't a replacement to JavaScript, it's not designed for that. But I can dream damnit!

@Wozza365 webassembly is more of a new language than a framework and I am pretty sure react in js or ts will have compilers to webassembly :)

The big difference is that webassembly will open up for a lot of new languages and new frameworks but it will be years before that is bigger i think.

There is to much momentum.

Look at jquery, despite all new shiny frameworks its still going strong.

In the end, you can achieve the same things just in different ways and if you have mastered one you will take some time to learn a mew before being as productive in the new one.