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Re:Vapor.js – The Smallest and Fastest JavaScript Library by jcpst on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:03AM (#36069200)
This is one where I prefer not to use the minified version.
Re:Vapor.js – The Smallest and Fastest JavaScript Library by buremba on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:04AM (#36069204)
So the best JS library is the one that doesn't have any JS?
Re:Vapor.js – The Smallest and Fastest JavaScript Library by Ralfp on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:05AM (#36069208)
Website link leads me to an error page which pretends to be chrome’s and tells me to check windows DNS settings (but I am on iOS safari) and is in Chinese.
Re:Vapor.js – The Smallest and Fastest JavaScript Library by creshal on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:06AM (#36069216)
Looks to be intentional, yes.
Re:Vapor.js – The Smallest and Fastest JavaScript Library by skrebbel on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:06AM (#36069212)
Nuts that this is still built with Grunt. Needs more Gulp eh no I mean Webpack ehh Parcel wait I mean Rollup no Esbuild! It needs more Esbuild. (or Bun)
Re:Vapor.js – The Smallest and Fastest JavaScript Library by pbronez on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:06AM (#36069213)
Love that JS bloat is enough of a meme that ppl continue to make joke repos like this.
Re:Vapor.js – The Smallest and Fastest JavaScript Library by pyrelight on Thursday May 25, 2023 @07:07AM (#36069219)
Funny, but like, what ever happened to that post-jQuery push to use as little resources as possible, when the mobile web was starting to overtake the desktop web?

We seem really wasteful now, both in production code and in how we build that code with the labyrinth that is node_modules and the continual re-invention of build tools and frameworks.