React isn't the problem. How we teach it is.

Ask a junior developer to explain what happens after a submit button is clicked. Most can't give a clear answer. For those who can, you'll probably hear something like:

"An API call is made to the back-end server and a response is returned."

Fair enough.

But probe a little further. Ask how the browser packages that request. Ask what HTTP method is being used. Ask where authentication comes into play. Ask how the server processes the request before the data ends up in a database.

That's usually where the silence begins.