Hardest-to-sell web dev truth: Not only do you not need a fancy JS framework to build a good web app, it often makes it harder to do so.

Apr 7, 2016 · 4:58 PM UTC

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@maybebuggy I don’t know anybody who’d call that “a fancy JS framework”. (But yes, it’s entirely possible to do things without jQuery, too.)
Replying to @MaxGrabenhorst
@MaxGrabenhorst Play? Spring MVC? Java EE MVC? Not really all that important.
Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov does that apply to libraries as well? Where do you draw the line between library and framework in this context?
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@markuslanthaler Good question, merits a definition. How about “anything that leads to a blank page when you switch off JavaScript”?
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Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov what's your favorite approach / technology / framework?
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@MaxGrabenhorst Written up together with some colleagues at roca-style.org
Replying to @stilkov
@stilkov #JS frameworks are like religions: be devoted to the one you see as the True One, and believe that no good can be done without it.
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