Pure Rails

React + Rails

React SPA

Applications

🛑 Difficult to manage js complexity

• coffeescript isn't particularly maintainable
• As you grow raw javascript gets very, very messy

✅ Clean interface to manage js complexity

• React is very good at managing complex systems
• You may lose some ground with erb serving components, but it's temporary

✅ Clean interface to manage js complexity

• React is very good at managing complex systems

🔶 Rails view controllers are reasonably maintainable

• Requires a bit more effort to ensure Separation of Concerns

🔶 Rails view controllers are reasonably maintainable

✅ API Controllers are much easier to keep isolated from frontend

Content Websites

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Comparison