With all the evangelism I've seen on HN about React, I have yet to see a cohesive post about the benefits that it provides that makes it worth the investment in

With all the evangelism I've seen on HN about React, I have yet to see a cohesive post about the benefits that it provides that makes it worth the investment in learning. Nor have I seen a seen a good review of tooling that provides a good path for someone who wants to try it out. What I do see, are arguments that "it can do that too if you only knew how to use it!" That and a lot of sample code that embeds html within the code, which frankly looks like a delegation nightmare. (and scattered postings about documentation not being up to date) You could downvote me. Or... you could point me to a helpful and up to date resource or recent posting that is actually helpful. Or better yet, write one.