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Do you reference all your source files separately with script tags?

by dcwca 8y ago

TekMol 8y ago
Yes. And again, we usually do way less http requests then the competition. Look at a single post on the new React based Reddit. I just did and got 65 http requests loading 1.6MB of data. It's almost everywhere like that these days. Too much tools. Too little concern for the actual outcome.
- anchpop 8y ago
  The new reddit is also a better experience than the old reddit, so there's that
  - pjc50 8y ago
    Not in my experience - it's terribly slow on mobile, still fairly slow on desktop, and wastes huge amounts of space.
    - szatkus 8y ago
      Ironically it's more robust than most of sites I see on the internet.
  - james-skemp 8y ago
    And to expand upon pjc50's comment, the mobile experience still pushes the app, even though I'm logged in and always dismiss it. (I know full well why they want people to the install the app, but I still find it unfortunate that they a) don't remember that I dismiss it/have an option to never ask me and b) despite the redesign and having a relatively good mobile experience (assuming you didn't first hit an `amp.` link) still push the app.
  - TeMPOraL 8y ago
    And by better you mean worse? I second 'pjc50 here - new Reddit is slow on both mobile and PC, inefficient to read (wastes a lot of space), has questionable interactions thanks to JS abuse, and generally turns what was a condensed link aggregator into a poor Facebook clone.
  - wvenable 8y ago
    Wow, I've never heard anyone express that opinion before. Even my wife (a non-technical user) hates the new design.
- mercer 8y ago
  While I do agree that your approach leads to good result, I still don't see why you wouldn't add a compilation step to minimize/tree shake/TypeScript/etc. If you're good enough to be conservative in what you pull in, you'll still be that, except you get to benefit from all the things a compilation step can offer. It still strikes me as a somewhat arbitrary limitation to impose on yourself. I use webpack for almost all my projects, and TypeScript for a bunch of them. I'm also very mindful of what packages I use and the result is nice little bundle. I wouldn't be able to get the results I want if I limited myself by not having a compilation step.

Do you reference all your source files separately with script tags?

by dcwca 8y ago

Do you reference all your source files separately with script tags?

Yes. And again, we usually do way less http requests then the competition. Look at a single post on the new React based Reddit. I just did and got 65 http requests loading 1.6MB of data. It's almost everywhere like that these days. Too much tools. Too little concern for the actual outcome.

anchpop 8y ago
The new reddit is also a better experience than the old reddit, so there's that
- pjc50 8y ago
  Not in my experience - it's terribly slow on mobile, still fairly slow on desktop, and wastes huge amounts of space.
  - szatkus 8y ago
    Ironically it's more robust than most of sites I see on the internet.
- james-skemp 8y ago
  And to expand upon pjc50's comment, the mobile experience still pushes the app, even though I'm logged in and always dismiss it. (I know full well why they want people to the install the app, but I still find it unfortunate that they a) don't remember that I dismiss it/have an option to never ask me and b) despite the redesign and having a relatively good mobile experience (assuming you didn't first hit an `amp.` link) still push the app.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  And by better you mean worse? I second 'pjc50 here - new Reddit is slow on both mobile and PC, inefficient to read (wastes a lot of space), has questionable interactions thanks to JS abuse, and generally turns what was a condensed link aggregator into a poor Facebook clone.
- wvenable 8y ago
  Wow, I've never heard anyone express that opinion before. Even my wife (a non-technical user) hates the new design.
mercer 8y ago
While I do agree that your approach leads to good result, I still don't see why you wouldn't add a compilation step to minimize/tree shake/TypeScript/etc. If you're good enough to be conservative in what you pull in, you'll still be that, except you get to benefit from all the things a compilation step can offer. It still strikes me as a somewhat arbitrary limitation to impose on yourself. I use webpack for almost all my projects, and TypeScript for a bunch of them. I'm also very mindful of what packages I use and the result is nice little bundle. I wouldn't be able to get the results I want if I limited myself by not having a compilation step.