React, Vue, jQuery: what flavor do you like your Vanilla JS?

The conversation in this week's episode was inspired by a blog and video from Chris Ferdinandi. He talked about converting jQuery plugins and Vue components into vanilla JS, and recording himself in the process. He also tried this conversion with a React demo app. While discussing all the new things one can do with the web, we ended up discussing a fundamental question: What is the difference between a language and a framework?