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As a JS lover, it makes me sad how convoluted the tool chain has become in recent years. All the devs who use these tools keep telling themselves and anyone who
by alistproducer2 11y ago
As a JS lover, it makes me sad how convoluted the tool chain has become in recent years. All the devs who use these tools keep telling themselves and anyone who will listen how simple and efficient their stack is - despite relying on 5-8 different libraries, frameworks, patterns, etc.
- lectrick 11y agoI'm kinda glad I left frontend dev just as JQuery peaked lol
- TheOtherHobbes 11y agoIt's not Real Programming [tm] unless there's a scripted build system. And a big conference.
- nilliams 11y agoTo be fair, not everyone is suggesting you need a scripted build system, but you do need some sort of build step, because <script> tags just aren't sufficient for anything beyond a trivial app. (Also ultimately, you do need to minify your code for production). This build step can just be 'browserify main.js -o bundle.js'. This is where I suggest people start or go back to if they are intimidated by all the various options.