I didn't know React before coming to clojure(script)

But I'd maybe recommend Reagent over Rum for learning. That's not a dig at Rum, just that there's less stuff to Reagent

I guess I rewrote a lot of rum, but the API contract is exactly the same:

If anybody wants to give it a whirl... It works well for me. It should be little faster than rum and also doesn't rely on React.createClass