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As far as component libraries that start from HTML, I think Marko has the best syntax. Attributes are always parsed as JS expressions, for example. There's still some quirks, but overall it's pretty nice. https://markojs.com/docs/syntax/

There are some benefits from just embracing JavaScript though, especially, as you mention, integration with things like TypeScript.

This reminds me of an article I read a while back: https://hackernoon.com/server-side-rendering-shootout-with-m...

Not sure if the benchmarks still hold now that React 16 is out, but there's definitely overhead in the general approach.

> HTTP can only send strings/bytes, so it makes sense to start there and skip the overhead of building up a virtual DOM representation first. There’s a reason string based templating languages are so much faster than our modern frameworks using a virtual DOM implementation.