Re:Front-end design, React, and a bridge over the great divide
by kylecordes on Thursday July 18, 2019 @10:53PM
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I totally get the preference for the JSX approach. Also echoing other commenters, CLJS/reagent and similar tools did a pretty amazing job of this some years ago.
But I think it is wise to consider that there are advantages and trade-offs to a compiled template approach as used by Angular, Svelte, and probably some others I’m forgetting.
* potentially more concise syntax
* potentially more familiar syntax
* do more of the work at compile time, less of it at runtime in downloaded code
* avoid the GC pressure and other overhead of VDOM
But I think it is wise to consider that there are advantages and trade-offs to a compiled template approach as used by Angular, Svelte, and probably some others I’m forgetting.
* potentially more concise syntax
* potentially more familiar syntax
* do more of the work at compile time, less of it at runtime in downloaded code
* avoid the GC pressure and other overhead of VDOM