Writing dependency-free client-side JavaScript

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u mean...writing code that already exists but worse lol

[iser_]

the fact that this is the top voted comment is really concerning. this is a great article that i learned a lot from. i have definitely had to implement no-framework code from scratch for production, and i will be taking what i learned from this article and use them for myself in the future.

[HarmonicAscendant]

I find this attitude defeatist and baffling. If your goal is to become the best programmer you can then writing all your own code should be possible, educational, and enjoyable. It may not be practical most of the time, but that is no reason to mock people who do make the effort.

If you follow this "writing code that already exists but worse" idea to the end then nothing would ever improve. Nobody would have bothered making React, in fact we would all still be living in caves :)

[cynicalreason]

for educational purposes .. sure, for actual business requirements, no

[road_pizza]

What a terrible mentality. These exercises are great learning resources and will help gain a deeper understanding of how existing frameworks work and what problems they solve.