Have to disagree. If you look at the link on the states bar chart example...
https://sghall.github.io/resonance/#/redux-examples/states-b...
That's a recreation of an example done by Mike Bostock which is really part of the canon on object constancy... https://bost.ocks.org/mike/constancy/
Same with the alphabet example. It's considered a reference example on the enter, update and exit pattern... https://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/3808234
The "bounce" animation is, in my mind, just a bit of fun.