JavaScript UI frameworks and libraries work in cycles. Every six months or so, a new one pops up, claiming that it has revolutionized UI development. Thousands of developers adopt it into their new projects, blog posts are written, Stack Overflow questions…

I hear this question enough that I want to put some coherent thoughts together on it. There are so many reasons I like it, but it’s really the result of 20-ish years of experiences so my answ…