I see this sentiment often, that React is too complex, and I just don't understand that criticism. Is there some bloat? I'm sure. But the problems that React so

I see this sentiment often, that React is too complex, and I just don't understand that criticism. Is there some bloat? I'm sure. But the problems that React solves aren't trivial either. The signature of a React application (and each component thereof) is simply `f(state) => HTML`. That isn't hard to understand, and the complexity behind the scenes is the complexity necessary to distill and optimize an application to the above. And to your point about JSX, yes, I do want that. I find it silly to write HTML using some other DSL. I have yet to find one that is anywhere near as transparent or ergonomic. How could there be? I suppose I can agree profiling for the cause of undesired cycles could be easier, but, frankly, I rarely need to do so because I can simply reason about why a function/component is being invoked. The "flow" of a React application is well-defined (and rather simple). To your last point about structuring your code, you are probably right. Things have come quite far since jQuery in many respects, and I am sure that, if I were to try my had at it again, I would find it to be much more sane than 5-6 years ago. I just don't see why anyone would subject themselves to that though... Kudos on your project! It looks great, and I'm sure provides the faculties important to you and your platform. I would be careful though. Given enough time and energy you may find, in the end, you have simply reinvented React!