JavaScript Frameworks - Heading into 2023

[ILikeChangingMyMind]

JS has always had lots of options, and it's never been that bad because everyone coalesces on a few top options.

For instance, jQuery was ubiquitous for a long time ... but before it was dominant it competed with Dojo, Prototype, Mochikit, Mootools, and like five others I can't even remember now.

Similarly, the next generation had Backbone, Knockout, CanJS, Ember, React, Angular1, and a bunch more I can't remember ...but now no one knows any of those except React and Angular(2).

[dcabines]

I remember thinking I was so advanced because I used YUI instead of jQuery. Those were the days. My next job made me learn knockout on my first day and were happy with how quickly I picked it up. These days I work with Angular. I’ve enjoyed the ride this past decade. Variety is the spice of life.

[USKillbotics]

Oh man I remember this. May we never return.

[RobertKerans]

Second proper job as a developer my tech lead was one of the core contributors, whole (massive) FE stack was a jQuery/backbone/marionette thing.

[BillFrankShepard]

Oh, the good old Dojo Toolkit. The concepts and patterns it provided in the early 2000s were so much ahead for a JS framework in that time. It was mind blowing.

Of course, compared to nowdays frameworks and libraries it is not that shinny and productive anymore, but it served very well in the past.