How does one build large front end apps without using a framework like React?

Re:How does one build large front end apps without using a f... by sehugg on Friday October 17, 2025 @08:25AM (#45615949)

Spritemate is built with TypeScript + Vite + JQuery, and has a pretty organized structure: https://github.com/Esshahn/spritemate (I do not condone its use of the 'any' type everywhere tho)

I wouldn't use JQuery for a new project, as you can do almost everything it does with straight DOM manipulation. But there are still some strategic vanilla JS/TS packages that come in handy, e.g. clipboard, mousetrap, file-saver, split.js.

Web Components with Lit is kinda fun, though you'll have to deal with DOM shadow roots or disable them.

I would challenge that using a framework leads to less security. In vanilla JS you've got to use something like dompurify religiously to avoid XSS bugs, and you're tempted by the shiny candy-like innerHTML attribute.

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Re:How does one build large front end apps without using a f... by thepianodan on Friday October 17, 2025 @10:54AM (#45617499)

Thanks for the reference! Yep, part of why I made this post is to see how I can avoid the innerHTML attribute. Do you think Obsidian's use of dompurify is closely related to their choice of going vanilla?

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