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I don't know for Reatjs but you can be shorter with jQuery : http://jsbin.com/pumocohiyu/1/edit?html,css,js,output

What I wanted to point out is that the complexity of the algorithm YOU choose is not a good basis to compare libraries on.

Exactly. Testability, ability to render on server and overall readability and a slew of other points make for a good basis.