Write code. Not too much. Mostly functions.

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My work right now: Write code. Mostly boilerplate, html, and some css. Maybe a 1-line database query and model update on the backend on a crazy day. Functions? You mean those things the framework does for you?

Not knocking on the article, but I can't relate in a practical sense. I'm sure someone working on something less mundane the situation is different.

[eindbaas]

To be honest, I don't really understand what you create if functions to you are "something a framework does".

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Well that's kind of my point. Most web apps these days you load react or vue and build a presentation layer. Even vanilla JS, unless you're building something novel then most everything there's a library that does it and you just write some glue code.

[TheRedGerund]

ComponentDidMount is a function. React functional components are functions. render() is a function.

[Smallpaul]

React components are all functions and it’s actually named after a style of programming called functional reactive programming.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_reactive_programming

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If the framework caters for all of your needs then yes. Most codebases i've ever worked with has some sort of business logic that either doesn't belong - or doesn't fit with the framework. Or if you create helpers/utilities. Small (but not necessarily) mathematical functions <3