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Routing, http, and models aren't hard problems. Blaming React for not being an entire MVC framework is silly. It's not designed to be, and there are any number of ways to solve that problem.

Being able to use it with ANY different set of solutions for MC is especially good. I can use React for UI on top of old jQuery pages if I want to. I'm not forced to change my entire application to use it.

Decoupling is a really, really BIG benefit, not a downside.

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.. until you're building a problem that requires regular external security audits, and you have to keep up with all of the micro-libraries you're using and any security issues they may or may not have. The Angular team has been very responsive to any security issues that have come up, and you get so much for free by using the framework.

models aren't hard problems?

OK, then show me a js model system that does one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many relationships — while still having clear, concise and understandable code.

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