The previous tutorial posts by Robin are fantastic, and cover topics like React, Redux, MobX, Flow, and ESLint ([0]). This book looks to be even better. I'm going to preemptively recommend it without having even read it yet, because I know it'll be extremely well written.

As a similar note and bit of a self-plug: I keep a big list of links to high-quality tutorials on React, Redux, and related topics, at [1]. Specifically intended to be a great starting point for anyone trying to learn the ecosystem, as well as a source of quality info on more advanced topics. I've also been blogging at [2] on React and Redux usage, and just posted "Practical Redux Part 5: Loading and Displaying Data" [3], the latest in a tutorial series intended to demonstrate some intermediate to advanced usages of React and Redux.

[0] http://www.robinwieruch.de/

[1] https://github.com/markerikson/react-redux-links

[2] http://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/

[3] http://blog.isquaredsoftware.com/2016/12/practical-redux-par...

Love this book, the flow, the levels, and the rhythm!

The only thing I stay apart from, is the implicit approach of ES6.

IMHO, explicit is better than implicit. Therefore:

    return (<div>...</div>)

    {
      <div>...</div>
    }

    this.state = { list: list };

    this.state = { list};

Two days ago I made a comment about HN evangelizing React, but never posting any good/current getting started points. I officially stand corrected.

I'm still curious about reasons to invest time in learning it over plain old javascript.

Pedantry alert: small typo - "if you can effort it" should be "if you can afford it".

Vue seems to be the flavor of the month

Why would you want to teach React without Redux?

I failed on the trap as well, I mean, why would you want to add yet another 'concept' to your stack when you can just get a simpler piece of code do the same thing as a more complex one?

The truth is that if you're going to build something as simple as a simplified Hacker News clone, you can just get along using concepts of Redux with plain-old React without actually using Redux.

However, if you want to build a much more complex frontend system using Redux does give you a utility.