I find it completely unbearable to use React with plain JS. I have to use at least Coffeescript and if possible Livescript or Clojurescript. Vanilla JS is just

I find it completely unbearable to use React with plain JS. I have to use at least Coffeescript and if possible Livescript or Clojurescript. Vanilla JS is just too clunky. The problem with JS is there are too many patterns in the code, like the mentioned list.map(function(whatever) { ... }). Because JS is a medium power language it doesn't let you abstract this stuff with macros or at least rewrite the syntax. Coffee and Live provide some relief, but Clojurescript is heaven.