One way to look at React is as an open loop desired state system, where you have a declarative way (js/jsx) of describing what you want to render and the reconc

One way to look at React is as an open loop desired state system, where you have a declarative way (js/jsx) of describing what you want to render and the reconciler figures out what operations to do (in the DOM), ideally in an effective way. But you could swap out the render target to other things. I wrote about it some time ago https://branislavjenco.github.io/desired-state-systems/ https://branislavjenco.github.io/desired-state-systems/