• The new React site (react.dev) teaches modern React with function components and Hooks. • We’ve included diagrams, illustrations, challenges, and over 600 new interactive examples. • The previous React documentation site has now moved to legacy.reactjs.org.
About react.dev on Product Hunt
“The new home for React and its documentation”
react.dev launched on Product Hunt on March 27th, 2023 and earned 533 upvotes and 51 comments, earning #1 Product of the Day. • The new React site (react.dev) teaches modern React with function components and Hooks. • We’ve included diagrams, illustrations, challenges, and over 600 new interactive examples. • The previous React documentation site has now moved to legacy.reactjs.org.
On the analytics side, react.dev competes within Design Tools, Developer Tools, GitHub and Development — topics that collectively have 817.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how react.dev performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted react.dev?
react.dev was hunted by Chris Messina. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Chris Messina