Hmm... since the point of the comparison is to look at libraries that use this declarative form (not necessarily the VDOM) I fear this probably falls on deaf ears. It is possible to not use declarative frameworks for sure, but people like them because they abstract away change management.
It also is interesting to consider the counter scenario that if declarative libraries are pulling in performance close to VanillaJS, it might have never been a better time to try them out.
Hmm... since the point of the comparison is to look at libraries that use this declarative form (not necessarily the VDOM) I fear this probably falls on deaf ears. It is possible to not use declarative frameworks for sure, but people like them because they abstract away change management.
It also is interesting to consider the counter scenario that if declarative libraries are pulling in performance close to VanillaJS, it might have never been a better time to try them out.
I agree with you, I just don't wanna waste too much time learning more and more new features...