> React seems far more like a project created by people who dislike front-end development This is a really poor characterization. I started using React because

> React seems far more like a project created by people who dislike front-end development This is a really poor characterization. I started using React because I love front-end and it was exactly what I wanted front-end development to be. It solved every one of the pain-points I was experiencing with a jQuery/Backbone/Handlebars stack.