For virtual DOM I don't go full React, I just use Maquette with Jade templates. http://maquettejs.org http://maquettejs.org https://github.com/nextorigin/gulp-

For virtual DOM I don't go full React, I just use Maquette with Jade templates. http://maquettejs.org http://maquettejs.org https://github.com/nextorigin/gulp-pug-hyperscript https://github.com/nextorigin/gulp-pug-hyperscript For a small framework, I've been using SpineJS for years. https://github.com/spine/spine/ https://github.com/spine/spine/ Example with Maquette: https://github.com/nextorigin/maquette-mapper https://github.com/nextorigin/maquette-mapper Using focused, quality components has let me upgrade my stack piece by piece over the years while retaining backwards compatibility.