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How to hire the best ReactJS developers?
Where to find them? How much do they cost? How to interview a ReactJS developer? Is React the right framework for my project in the first place? Don’t worry. After this article, you will know everything about hiring React developers. Let’s get started.
What is React?
But let’s start with the basics. ReactJS is a JavaScript library for building reach user interfaces. Jordan Walke, a Facebook software engineer created it in 2011. Then the Facebook team realized how cool it is and started investing in it. They made it open source in 2013 to help others build apps and websites faster. There’re other similar technologies out there, but React is the most used one today at scale.
What kind of apps can you build with React?
You can build pretty much any website or platform or even a mobile app with ReactJS. Many of the well-known websites and apps have it under the hood
- Dropbox
- Airbnb
But beware! There’s a difference between ReactJS (used for websites) and React Native (used for apps). Today, most developers are highly specialized. So, if a person builds web platforms with ReactJS, it’s unlikely he/she can do mobile.
“It’s important to go into conversations with curiosity, to ask questions that shape your team’s thinking, and to hear your team’s ideas. By doing so, your team will feel more empowered to come up with innovative solutions.”
Why use ReactJS for your project?
Well, it shouldn’t be that hard to find the best ReactJS developers, as you will learn in this article. Though, it shouldn’t be that easy either. The problem lies in supply and demand. The supply is huge because it’s easy to start with React and there are plenty of jobs. So, newcomers rush into the gate. The demand is also huge because everyone needs experienced developers with React knowledge.
What’s the problem than? Well, the key is “experienced”. Finding a developer who is very experienced, with hands-on knowledge of React, strong communication and team skills, who can support a conversation in English, and has a proper work attitude.. Well, this is when it becomes a challenge. But don’t worry, by the end of this article, you’ll know how to solve it.
1. Large Development Community
Let’s start with the least technical argument, but probably the most important one. ReactJS has a huge fan base. Today, it’s just easier to find ReactJS developers than any other front-end developers. Easy to find your initial team, easy to scale the team, and easy to change developers if needed.
2. Reliability
During the last decade, ReactJS was tested by the best companies. It just works. When you start building smth today the last thing you want is to rewrite everything 2 years later. And it’s a common pitfall that companies fall into when they choose trendy but premature technologies. Remember, technologies come and go cause developers like to experiment. And you need to build a reliable product that will be used for years, correct?
During the last decade, ReactJS was tested by the best companies. It just works. When you start building smth today the last thing you want is to rewrite everything 2 years later. And it’s a common pitfall that companies fall into when they choose trendy but premature technologies. Remember, technologies come and go cause developers like to experiment. And you need to build a reliable product that will be used for years, correct?
3. Architecture & Scalability
Again, you’re on a long journey. You don’t want to end up in a situation where you can’t expand your product with new features or grow your userbase, right? In software development, complexity grows exponentially. So, it’s very important to set up proper software architecture at the beginning to be able to scale it later. ReactJS is a perfect technology for this, given that your developers don’t mess it up :)