> its become standard so everyone learns one interface and development is normalized across shops
An industry using the exact same framework (for a time, it never lasts) doesn't make that framework a "standard". jQuery was also "a standard" by the same logic.
edit: I'm talking about web standards here, which is the DOM is part of. After the inane amount of hate jQuery got with hit pieces, JS developers were quick running to an even more intrusive and bloated framework that certainly was not "vanilla JS" either, the irony is somehow lost somewhere...
You don't need React, just like you didn't need jQuery, just like you didn't need AngularJS. None of these are standards in anyway but only jQuery was problematic? Just no...
An industry using the exact same framework (for a time, it never lasts) doesn't make that framework a "standard". jQuery was also "a standard" by the same logic.
edit: I'm talking about web standards here, which is the DOM is part of. After the inane amount of hate jQuery got with hit pieces, JS developers were quick running to an even more intrusive and bloated framework that certainly was not "vanilla JS" either, the irony is somehow lost somewhere...