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Learning server React first, without state and side effect management, just as a rendering engine, is already a huge step. You discover JSX, conditionals & iterations, components, file-based routing, styling, etc.

Even better: you learn how to fetch the data to display, from the inside component, without performing any additional request.

Then, as a second step, you can learn client features to handle user interactions: local state, DOM events, forms… And it’s only now that you hear the word “hook” for the first time!