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I was waiting for someone to mention Svelte :) I think it's is very possible that it's the next evolution of innovation in the space. It might actually be a Ba

I was waiting for someone to mention Svelte :) I think it's is very possible that it's the next evolution of innovation in the space. It might actually be a Backbone -> React style quantum leap in terms of tech and adoption. The thing is, that won't happen for another 10 years, if it does at all. It could very well turn out to be a niche technology for most people, with minimal real-life benefits compared to the drawbacks of moving off the mainstream. Every space has new innovative technologies that risk upsetting the status quo. I'm not saying things are completely boring now. Just that, unlike in the mid 2010s, they are actually stable enough.

runarberg 4y ago
As far as I know most native web components use direct DOM manipulations over a virtual DOM. So I think the jury is pretty much out on VDOM and we are witnessing it transition to a relic of legacy frameworks. As far as other innovations Svelte has brought, Vue with the <script setup> sugar looks quite similar to Svelte, as well as compiling to a render function (just like Svelte). I’m not super familiar with the intrinsics of Vue but the VDOM is starting to feel like a thin MIR of the framework which could be swapped out in a future major release, rather then something essential to it. I honestly think that 10 years is a very conservative prediction.