The rise & fall of JS frameworks
KBall and Chris dive into the current JavaScript trends towards smaller frameworks, compiled JavaScript, and why Chris believes “this time is different” with regards to developers caring about network speed and reducing JS sent over the wire.
KBall and Chris dive into the current JavaScript trends towards smaller frameworks, compiled JavaScript, and why Chris believes “this time is different” with regards to developers caring about network speed and reducing JS sent over the wire.
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Notes and Links
- The Transitional Web
- Preact
- Petite-Vue
- SolidJS
- Astro
- The spicy React debate show 🌶️
- HTMX
- JavaScript is the CO2 of the web
- Qwik is a new kind of web framework
- Chris’s resource list
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