It's a lot easier to learn React than what all of you think. It's especially easier to learn these frameworks when you tried to solve the problem without them and experienced the pain of not having them.
As a user of React, I disagree -- unless you are using React in a javascript runtime, in which case you're probably fine. But I resent react for all the extra cognitive load it forces me to worry about when all I really give a shit about is its shadow DOM implementation. And then, only when I've got page(s) full of data I need to update without lag.
I'd like to correct some misconceptions you seem to have regarding React.
> unless you are using React in a javascript runtime, in which case you're probably fine
React is written in JavaScript. It runs exclusively in JavaScript. If you've somehow managed to run it outside a JavaScript runtime then I'd actually be delighted to learn about how.
> all I really give a shit about is its shadow DOM implementation
Are you talking about ReactNative? I haven't played with that yet, but it's one reason I chose React in one of my projects (eventual plans to use our web browser components at least partially in Native).
