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Why JavaScript development is crazy

by afreak on 4/12/16, 4:57 PM with 4 comments

by spankalee on 4/12/16, 5:06 PM

Web components do a lot to alleviate this problem. You get a basic reusable component model in the browser with no framework, and without requiring first jumping into the world of npm/bower.

The vanilla JS example is barely longer with web components, and will be much easier to understand once it gets even mildly interesting:

    <html>
      <head>
        <script>
          class HelloWorld extends HTMLElement {
            constructor() {
              this.attachShadow().innerHTML = '<h1>"Hello, world!"</h1>';
            }
          }
          customElements.defineElement('hello-world', HelloWorld);
        </script>
      </head>
      <body>
        <hello-world></hello-world>
      </body>
    </html>

by type0 on 4/13/16, 12:36 AM
Besides overengineered apps, problem is that people start learning frameworks and libraries instead of learning how javascript itself works. They are so excited by the new tool/toy that they fail to realize that the same thing can be achieved in much simpler and more efficient way.