When React was announced, the core idea (components are pure functions returning virtual DOM nodes that get reconciled to the real DOM) immediately felt right in the same way that git's commit digraph felt right. After 1.5 years of writing real-world React, it still seems right!
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the future is reconciling. react produces native apps that run circles around web views that rely on a freaking chrome browser embed hijacked by vendors to be extra slow and limited in order not to threaten the app stores. nothing in react impedes the web otherwise, that's FUD.
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React and its ecosystem are pretty slow and heavyweight compared to non-VDOM alternatives like Svelte. React is heavy compared to Preact, but getting as light as Preact is a non-goal for the React team. Perf is holding back the mobile web.
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to cross compatibility. react is not a web framework. the web is merely an implementation detail, which is a leap forward.