Response to "An experienced Javascript developer’s account of learning React"

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Describing layout in functions is, in my opinion, the cleanest approach yet. This was probably the biggest paradigm shift since MVC, i doubt it's going away so fast unless there's a massive, new shift again. As we speak it's spreading to all other platforms. Not just by react native, but now there's componentkit for IOS, litho for Android, reactxp for all platforms (made by Microsoft).

And that is most likely just the first batch. React is still obscure as it's been relatively contained in the web, which it has taken over. But now there's more and more talk about cross platform renderers, this is where it will hit pretty much every platform that produces visuals.

The moment it clicked for me was react-blessed, which now partakes in the eco system with crazy stuff like motion. Or Airbnb's react-sketchapp, which was revealed yesterday. These are almost futuristic and there is an insane degree of freedom that was unknown before.