Four Eras of JavaScript Frameworks

Re:Four Eras of JavaScript Frameworks by TrickardRixx on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @09:11AM (#31179406)

I'm not sure I understand your point here. I would say I "hate writing javascript", but I think the point you're making is I "hate DOM manipulation". These days I use htmx[0] wherever possible. Notably htmx is still javascript; I just don't have to write it. htmx should still count as DOM manipulation and I love it. I just hate all the other methods of DOM manipulation that required me to write javascript. So what is the difference in the distinction you're making?

[0] https://htmx.org/

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Re:Four Eras of JavaScript Frameworks by mmcnl on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @09:25AM (#31179553)

Frameworks like React and Vue allow me to define the UI as a function of state in a declarative way. The language happens to be JS. Please tell me how this can be done in vanilla JS without writing my own framework. I don't think it's possible. In my opinion they are not comparable, they both serve different goals.

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Re:Four Eras of JavaScript Frameworks by TrickardRixx on Wednesday April 27, 2022 @09:33AM (#31179650)

Thank you for the clarification. I definitely agree with you. Unfortunately for me, I still dislike using the declarative frameworks that happen to be in JS.

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