Thanks for the honest comments. What would you like to see in addition to what it covers so far?
While I intentionally kept it focused on "pure React" because I felt that a big part of the "React is hard" sentiment seems to come from how much other stuff gets lumped in with it (and then people feel compelled to learn it all at once), I've been considering expanding it to include some other tangential stuff e.g. API calls, basics of testing... any other ideas would be great to hear!
The big hang up I remember having was the desire for a bit more into stubbing out when and where AJAX belongs. I felt like I still had a gap between the dummy application's data handling and how I'd be hitting my server side APIs when I needed them.
I'm a mostly backend programmer and i remember when i was done with the book thinking "ok i can shoe horn my ajax calls into this but I don't feel confident this is how I'm supposed to." ultimately I got set straight on IRC and discord.
I do enjoy your writing style and your blog posts though, and honestly did find your book helpful.
While I intentionally kept it focused on "pure React" because I felt that a big part of the "React is hard" sentiment seems to come from how much other stuff gets lumped in with it (and then people feel compelled to learn it all at once), I've been considering expanding it to include some other tangential stuff e.g. API calls, basics of testing... any other ideas would be great to hear!