Re:You don't need JavaScript for that
by jmbwell on Saturday December 02, 2023 @07:56AM
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The article seems to be suggesting to remember to use the power the the web browser already provides instead of needlessly using frameworks.
The walkthrough in the article seems to demonstrate pretty effectively that the powerful development tools offered by a modern browser may obviate the need for elaborate frameworks in many cases.
Where this is the case, then, relying a framework instead of the tools the browser already provides artificially constrains an application, potentially for dogmatic reasons, and regardless of a developer’s level of advancement.
Browsers have rapidly come a long way even just in recent years. Frameworks well and truly have a place, but narrowly relying on frameworks, particularly out of beliefs about browser capability established years ago (like when React was introduced), can neglect browser-native functionality that can provide same-or-better results, with potentially better outcomes in performance, accessibility, maintainability, and more.
The walkthrough in the article seems to demonstrate pretty effectively that the powerful development tools offered by a modern browser may obviate the need for elaborate frameworks in many cases.
Where this is the case, then, relying a framework instead of the tools the browser already provides artificially constrains an application, potentially for dogmatic reasons, and regardless of a developer’s level of advancement.
Browsers have rapidly come a long way even just in recent years. Frameworks well and truly have a place, but narrowly relying on frameworks, particularly out of beliefs about browser capability established years ago (like when React was introduced), can neglect browser-native functionality that can provide same-or-better results, with potentially better outcomes in performance, accessibility, maintainability, and more.