I disagree with the message here - unless you have exceptional requirements, frameworks can be extremely useful. To give an example of their utility, I am curr

I disagree with the message here - unless you have exceptional requirements, frameworks can be extremely useful. To give an example of their utility, I am currently building a site for an online community I run - on top of my regular job, exercise, and contract work, free time is hard to come by. I went with Sails.js and Fluxible on top of React to assist me with putting together a good frame since when I start letting the three other developers in the community develop features for the site, they will have an easier time searching for solutions due to existing documentation and Stack Overflow. The core logic is decoupled from any particular franework though, and only makes use of each framework for their strengths. The important thing is to be judicious in your use of a framework.