You'll just have to wait and see why... 😉
And definitely take the time to learn. It really isn't that difficult once you get the hang of it. In fact I think it's much much easier to get the hang of than Angular (Opinion Alert!! Opinion Alert!!).
If you're interested, here is the tutorial series I followed to get started...
Awesome beginner friendly react tutorial by LearnCode.academy
Has about 23 videos covering pretty much everything you need to develop any frontend app you want.