The”React Way" is another way to organize code, and I have no problem with it. In fact I like it. However, if we’re arguing about whether to mediate property a

The”React Way" is another way to organize code, and I have no problem with it. In fact I like it. However, if we’re arguing about whether to mediate property accesses with methods vs. immutable data vs. true observables vs. whatever else, we’re talking about which of the .1% of the JavaScript code in the wild is the best way to move forward. The point of this is to illustrate the difficulties of the other 99.9%. Including explaining why existing popular frameworks like Ember and libraries like Backbone do what they do.