Re:Why I’m thankful for JavaScript fatigue
by edblarney on Tuesday November 29, 2016 @05:26PM
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I think there might be a 'purist' strain here on HN.
Most complex/serious web-apps use frameworks as a given. There's just too much to have to do without them, though it depends on what you're trying to do, surely.
HN itself probably doesn't use a framework.
Re:Why I’m thankful for JavaScript fatigue
by webmaven on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @07:33AM
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HN is written in Arc, a Lisp/Scheme variant. HN source (news.arc) is actually distributed with the language: https://github.com/wting/hackernews/blob/master/news.arc
Lisps tend to blur the distinction between application code, library code, and framework code somewhat, at least with well-designed applications.
The only nit I have to pick is that new frameworks don't have to deal with as much platform fragmentation as jQuery had to paper over in it's heyday, in part because all major browsers are now somewhat more compatible and standards compliant, in part because any missing or incompatible functionality can usually be dealt with by using a polyfill, and in part because evergreen browsers have sharply reduced user updrag.