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Perhaps I've just matured and don't jump after the next new thing anymore, but I feel like the ecosystem has actually slowed down. I remember when it felt like
by pedalpete 5y ago
Perhaps I've just matured and don't jump after the next new thing anymore, but I feel like the ecosystem has actually slowed down.
I remember when it felt like every year there was a MAJOR new library that you HAD to use. I started with vanilla js, then it was jQuery (which was a huge improvement), then Backbone, Angular, Meteor, React.
Then there were the different build systems that went along with the libraries/frameworks, new CSS frameworks as well, etc etc.
I'll admit, the last few projects I've been working on have been React and React Native, so I'm rarely diving into new frameworks and tools anymore.
Find something you like that is fairly common, and go deep on that.
- muzani 5y agoI'm not that familiar with web but I think we've settled upon React as just good enough for most things lately.
- ironmagma 5y agoI'm in the minority in HN, but to me (frontend dev) React is the gold standard. It's simple and flexible, which is everything a framework should be. There are a few old warts and the dev tooling is not perfect, but architecturally it provides a very straightforward structure to what is normally a very chaotic endeavor (building reactive asynchronous UI code). There's not much I would change about it except for removing some stuff (class components and maybe some unused/deprecated features). I almost can't picture a scenario in which you'd need to do something but couldn't do it in React.