With React, the only thing a new developer joining your team needs to know to do their first UI change is: - JavaScript - React.render - React.DOM.tagName(pr

With React, the only thing a new developer joining your team needs to know to do their first UI change is: - JavaScript - React.render - React.DOM.tagName(props, children) I agree about JSX, because it introduces 1) general complexity, 2) steeper learning curve, 3) incompatibility with other tools. But React works fine without JSX! Just structure your app properly with small components and DOM.div(...) isn't that noisy.