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> What makes JS frameworks so quick to change? … What's the urge to reinvent rather than evolve? There’s a really low barrier to entry for creating and sharing
by gitgud 3y ago
> What makes JS frameworks so quick to change? … What's the urge to reinvent rather than evolve?
There’s a really low barrier to entry for creating and sharing JS packages. Basically, you can just create a free account on npm and run “npm publish” to make a library available globally for free. Updates are just as easy, and using packages is even easier.
It’s this super low-friction of JS development that drives the ecosystem to constantly iterate. And it even allows solo developers - like ^ this one - to publish and share a new framework.
I haven’t tried to publish packages for Java, Go, Python etc… but I would be very surprised if it’s as easy and unrestricted as npm…
- mixmastamyk 3y agoPython is that easy as well, but community tends to focus on libraries rather than frameworks. So there's rarely a splashy site other than docs and less need for evangelism.