You're not wrong: things do change quickly in the JavaScript world. But have you actually been following this stuff very closely?
"Flux" was never a "well-known default," because there was no single "Flux" library - only Facebook's little written guide and an implementation of the dispatcher (a small part of the overall Flux architecture).
So, there were about 500 different implementations of "Flux" - none of which I'd say were ever considered a "well-known default" (the biggest ones - Reflux, Alt, Marty, Flummox, and Fluxxor - all have roughly between 1000 - 3000 stars on GitHub).
Then, Redux came on the scene and became the first and only "well-known default". Several of the Flux libraries I just mentioned actually deprecated themselves and put up notices to use Redux instead. As of the time of this writing Redux has almost 13,000 stars on GitHub.
Relay/Falcor are really part of an entirely different thing than React; they are about replacing the traditional REST API with an entirely new paradigm.
> But have you actually been following this stuff very closely?
I have, but I'm trying to spin my comments from the perspective of the average developer. People who are passively keeping tabs on what this whole "React" thing is about are probably feeling a little uneasy about all the churn. I agree that Redux has emerged as the clear solution for data management, and I'm a huge fan. But I don't use it with React. I'm keeping my distance from that ecosystem while the dust settles and waiting to see what kind of splash Angular 2 makes.
> Relay/Falcor are really part of an entirely different thing than React; they are about replacing the traditional REST API with an entirely new paradigm.
But what app doesn't use a traditional REST API? Why wouldn't people want to use the latest hotness to come out of Facebook™ or Netflix™? It's this kind of uncertainty that keeps people off balance.
"Flux" was never a "well-known default," because there was no single "Flux" library - only Facebook's little written guide and an implementation of the dispatcher (a small part of the overall Flux architecture).
So, there were about 500 different implementations of "Flux" - none of which I'd say were ever considered a "well-known default" (the biggest ones - Reflux, Alt, Marty, Flummox, and Fluxxor - all have roughly between 1000 - 3000 stars on GitHub).
Then, Redux came on the scene and became the first and only "well-known default". Several of the Flux libraries I just mentioned actually deprecated themselves and put up notices to use Redux instead. As of the time of this writing Redux has almost 13,000 stars on GitHub.
Relay/Falcor are really part of an entirely different thing than React; they are about replacing the traditional REST API with an entirely new paradigm.