[dmitriid]

> JSX is a thin XML-like DSL on top of Javascript

^ this.

It directly translates to `React.createElement`. This is also why everything inside {} is pure Javascript including things like proper `this` etc.

[Can_Not]

Ok, so they both let you use something more like what you already know, except neither of them are technically JavaScript or HTML. Glad we established that. I think the understated bikeshed color here is that VueJS allows you to use jade/pug syntax instead of HTML.