React

• Allows us to write declarative views that "react" to changes in data
• Allows us to abstract complex problems into smaller components
• Allows us to write simple code that is still performant

React is Declarative

• Imerative vs Declarative
• The browser APIs aren't fun to work with
• React allows us to write what we want, and the library will take care of the DOM manipulation

React is Easily Componentized

• Breaking a complex problem into discrete components
• Can reuse these components
• React's declarative nature makes it easy to customize components