Summary

In this chapter, we got a feel for what Reason is and what problems it tries to solve. We saw how Reason's type inference removes much of the burden associated with statically-typed languages. We learned that the type system is a tool that can be used to provide codebases with powerful guarantees that provide an excellent developer experience. While Reason may take some time to get used to, it's well worth the investment for medium-sized to larger codebases.

In the next chapter, we'll learn about Reason's toolchain when we set up our development environment. In Chapter 3, Creating ReasonReact Components, we'll start to build an application that we'll use throughout the rest of this book. By the end of this book, you'll be comfortable building real-world React applications in Reason.