🇺🇦 Anna FilinaAug 15, 2023
Why are JS frameworks so darn complicated? I can't even keep a mental model of a simple table with a few buttons. I need to add so much boilerplate code that I'd rather use jQuery. Either I'm missing something blindingly obvious about those frameworks, or they're just added complexity and weird patterns with marginal gains.
Show threadDerick RethansAug 15, 2023
@afilina Just use jquery :-)
Show thread🇺🇦 Anna FilinaAug 15, 2023
@derickr I would if it were my project. I still have a ton of sites and apps I built that run on jQuery without any bloat.
Show threadDaniel Rotter
@afilina @derickr How exactly isn't jquery itself bloat?
Aug 16, 2023 at 12:11pmWeb
Show thread🇺🇦 Anna FilinaAug 16, 2023
@danrot @derickr The jQuery slim build has a pretty small footprint.
Show threadDaniel RotterAug 16, 2023
@afilina @derickr the smallest number I found using google is 6kb, which is IMO quite a lot, considered it does not add a lot of value (if any) compared to modern JavaScript and its APIs.
Show thread🇺🇦 Anna FilinaAug 16, 2023
@danrot @derickr I suppose I'd need to revisit vanilla JS to see how it evolved. It may very well be that a lib is not even needed.
Show threadDaniel RotterAug 16, 2023
@afilina @derickr https://youmightnotneedjquery.com/ is a nice starting point for that 🙂
You Might Not Need jQuery

Examples of how to do common event, element, ajax and utility operations with plain javascript.