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> Traditional frameworks hydrate entire pages with JavaScript. Even if you've got a simple blog post with one interactive widget, the whole page gets the JavaSc
by andybak 1y ago
> Traditional frameworks hydrate entire pages with JavaScript. Even if you've got a simple blog post with one interactive widget, the whole page gets the JavaScript treatment. Astro flips this on its head. Your pages are static HTML by default, and only the bits that need interactivity become JavaScript "islands."
I guess I'd argue "Traditional Frameworks" were the ones that never stopped doing this. Laravel, Django, Rails etc. Then the SPA frameworks came along and broke everything.
Also - what on earth is "f*"? I originally assumed it was shorthand for "fuck" but is "fuck dream" a common expression? And wouldn't you normally write it as "f***"?
- jpc0 1y ago> Also - what on earth is "f"? I originally assumed it was shorthand for "fuck" but is "fuck dream" a common expression? And wouldn't you normally write it as "f*" I would thinking F**ing, to delve deeper into the meta discussion
- flir 1y agoI'm reminded of the fat client vs thin client pendulum. Everything old is new agian.
- dang 1y agoI've replaced the submitted title ("Astro is a developers f* dream") with a representative sentence from the article.
- andybak 1y agothank you. it was a horrible title