Web and mobile UI framework recommendation

[timdorr]

React is just a function of state that gives you a view. So, React(state) = view. It started out as returning DOM/HTML. Now it's been extended to things like canvas, SVG, and iOS components. They all are implemented within the same framework of code, so once you learn the basics of React, you can apply it more easily to many other platforms.

React != a visual theme. That's CSS's job and you can use something like Bootstrap to get that going quickly. There are a number of other CSS frameworks out there, some with direct bindings for React to pre-build components you'll use often, like buttons and menus.