I can only think that modern front end development has failed

Re:I can only think that modern front end development has fa... by martinald on Sunday April 04, 2021 @01:04PM (#26691072)

This is a really rose tinted view of the world. Writing JavaScript works ok now the language and browser support has matured. 10 years ago it was a complete nightmare.

Regardless without a framework it ends up with you reinventing core framework features anyway. Yes, a framework driven app is more complex if the page/app is extremely simple. But if it is of any complexity a framework driven app is going to be far easier to maintain and reason about in 99% of situations.

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Re:I can only think that modern front end development has fa... by darkhorse13 on Sunday April 04, 2021 @07:44PM (#26693843)

Your comment is a common retort, but I think it highly depends on what I'm building. If I'm building something simple, like a CRUD app, I really don't need a framework and won't end up reinventing core framework features.

Give me basic templating and server-side rendering and I'm good to go.

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