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@macinjosh - That is an interesting hypothesis. I've posited that the fragmentation in the Javascript community may be related to the pace of improvements in J

@macinjosh - That is an interesting hypothesis. I've posited that the fragmentation in the Javascript community may be related to the pace of improvements in Javascript itself. Let's face it. Javascript was quite excremental a decade ago. Now, it is becoming quite nice. So, I wonder if developers bail on old JS frameworks in order to write nifty new ones using the latest language features? I'm trying to bring "nifty" back. What do you think? No? @tracker1 - You're kind of speaking to my point. Most of the frameworks you mention basically do the exact same thing, or subsets thereof. Does the Javascript community really have to be this fragmented to be successful? Other communities aren't. Maybe it does. I don't know, which is why I wanted to discuss it.

macinjosh 10y ago
I think you have a great point there. Javascript and browser APIs has been changing a lot and so best practices change a lot. I am not sure why it is taking so long for things to gel in JS/DOM land though. My best guess is that it is because JS is essentially the only programming language that can be used in the browser. Programmers coming from a myriad of different language backgrounds have to use it and they use it in ways that make the most sense to them. If you're a python dev you still have to use JS on the front-end. If you're a PHP dev still gotta use JS. etc. etc. It is all things to all people and thats not easy.