I have mixed feelings about React. I like it better than jQuery, and better than most other JS frameworks I’ve used.

But I prefer Mithril (https://mithril.js.org/), which offers the same immediate-mode advantages (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19746235) without the crazy-complex dependency-tracking reactivity.

I rather liked this comment on React: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38640051