[faitswulff]

I was with you until the past sentence, which seems unsubstantiated. VueJS, at least, uses a similar virtual dom rendering concept. I find Vue's API much more natural than React's, but that's unrelated to their internal implementations. Can you provide further detail?

[rpedela]

Yes, I am aware Vue is more similar to React than the others. I probably shouldn't have said anything about Vue. Since I did, here we go.

There is another component to React which I didn't mention that gets inspiration from the 3D world: the API. When I first saw React's API, the first thing I thought was "that looks kinda like OpenSceneGraph, cool!" Now this is the very subjective part, having spent 8-9 years doing 3D graphics React felt natural to me. Given its popularity, I must not be the only one either. I am glad you like the Vue API but it doesn't feel like a 3D engine. For whatever reason, many people seem to prefer the 3D engine feel. On purely technical merits, I think React and Vue are basically the same. But I think there is some intangible difference in how the tools feel. Some people like React and some like Vue and both are right. However more people seem to like React.

[faitswulff]

> Now this is the very subjective part, having spent 8-9 years doing 3D graphics React felt natural to me. Given its popularity, I must not be the only one either. I am glad you like the Vue API but it doesn't feel like a 3D engine.

I would postulate that the subset of people who are both web developers and have also worked on 3D graphics is a relatively small slice, so I wouldn't be convinced that a 3D engine-like API is the reason for its popularity.

[rpedela]

Correct, not directly. My point is that the 3D engine feel seems to have some sort of wider appeal even if you haven't done 3D engine development. It was direct for me because I am in that small slice. Like I said, this part is very subjective.

[dmitriid]

IMO Vue.js API is way messier than React's: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17471199