[mariusc23]

I wasn't a huge fan of JSX until I saw the template errors in Angular 2. Not trying to bash on the rest of Angular 2, but it really made me appreciate how JSX points out the exact syntax error at compile time. Pretty much all template based frameworks have the same problem.

It took a while for React to "click" for me, but that was mostly because of transitioning from MVC to Redux. I highly recommend learning pure React first. Build a project with that first, even if it seems like you're writing a lot of code.