React is the core that is responsible for "the operation in the manner of a framework" - orchestrating the application activities and only delegating to user code via inversion of control.
React components (user code) aren't being run by the event loop but by React.
So while React may look like it's just a layer between the components and the JavaScript runtime it's actually React running (calling) the components - components don't use React unless React calls them first.
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TL;DR:
"Framework" !== "Application Framework"See my other comment.
React is the core that is responsible for "the operation in the manner of a framework" - orchestrating the application activities and only delegating to user code via inversion of control.
React components (user code) aren't being run by the event loop but by React.
So while React may look like it's just a layer between the components and the JavaScript runtime it's actually React running (calling) the components - components don't use React unless React calls them first.