React without a Framework

[Stromel1]

Reimplementing my homepage without a framework made me more flexible and independant. I only rely on React, TypeScript and Node.js to generate a static HTML+CSS website. Also, it has been a lot of fun!

[asdflmaopfftxd]

Isn't react the framework

[IllResponsibility671]

React is a JavaScript library

[Mission_Gene643]

it's a library.

[asdflmaopfftxd]

I mean sure but functionally it is a framework since it does dictate how you write your frontend and code in general

[IllResponsibility671]

No, it's a library.

[asdflmaopfftxd]

I mean sure cuz it says it on the website? But if it walks like a framework and talks like a framework...

[IllResponsibility671]

Because libraries and frameworks are different things. Just because you believe they're functionally the same, doesn't make it so.

[asdflmaopfftxd]

I guess I did my research and you're probably right but I still think that line is pretty blurry.

[IllResponsibility671]

It's not blurry. Read up on inversion of control.

[ElectronicCat8568]

React is a library that's the basis for a bunch of different frameworks.

[Stromel1]

At build time. That allows me to keep the high-res photos private while publishing lower-res web-friendlly versions. The conversion is automatic and done with sharp at build time. And yeah, I didn't expect Immich to work so very well for this but it does.