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Sad state? Not at all. I guess it all depends on the type of coder that you are. Let's say you need a theme/gui for your app. Plan A: get a bootstrap theme, tes
by bikamonki 11y ago
Sad state? Not at all. I guess it all depends on the type of coder that you are. Let's say you need a theme/gui for your app. Plan A: get a bootstrap theme, tested, reliable, responsive, modern, etc. You'll be getting a ton of code/features of which you'll probably just need 5%. Plan B: get something ultra simple that gives you structure and add stuff as you need it, something that maybe has grids, buttons and forms (maybe something you even code yourself like I normally do). Backbone is like that: just the structure (hence the name!) with a couple of commonly used features. Angular/React/Ember are like the bootstrap theme. I personally like to have full control of what is added to my code.
Regarding Google Trends, if a framework has big (huge) money behind, it will most likely be more searched-for, sponsored, events held, conferences, hackatons, etc.
Finally, once you set to learn and use a stable tech, you will be profiting from it for a long time. I still have a couple of apps running classic ASP! With JS frameworks I think we can safely assume it will be even longer.
- girvo 11y ago> Plan B: get something ultra simple that gives you structure and add stuff as you need it, something that maybe has grids, buttons and forms While this is off-topic, I highly recommend PureCSS[0] for exactly this use-case [0] http://purecss.io http://purecss.io
- leeoniya 11y agoi've also been evaluating reflex css [1] for grids. it's been tiny and excellent so far. BEM syntax [2] is a bit odd at first, but the principles behind it are solid. [1] http://leejordan.github.io/reflex/docs/ http://leejordan.github.io/reflex/docs/ [2] http://csswizardry.com/2013/01/mindbemding-getting-your-head-round-bem-syntax/ http://csswizardry.com/2013/01/mindbemding-getting-your-head...
- hoodoof 11y ago>> I still have a couple of apps running classic ASP Is that secure?
- bikamonki 11y agoHell no! It was a nightmare to keep them running. Luckily the two left running are on the way out and used by a tiny userbase.
- laurent123456 11y ago> Backbone is like that: just the structure (hence the name!) with a couple of commonly used features. I had a look at Backbone a few times and liked that it indeed provided a clean structure without too much overhead, though I've never had the opportunity to use it(I guess I won't now). I'm wondering though, now that Backbone is apparently on the way to be deprecated, is there any good alternative?