TonyPeakman

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   by TonyPeakman 1y ago

   Solid is definitely in that “compile-to-direct-DOM” camp, and I think it’s awesome — it shows how far you can push the reactive model with JSX + fine-grained updates. dagger.js is coming from the opposite direction: no compiler, no JSX, and
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   by TonyPeakman 1y ago

   Thanks for your comment. — typed JSX ergonomics are really nice, and most compile-time frameworks today make you choose between that and some sort of template DSL. However, dagger.js takes a different angle: it doesn’t try to be “React-like
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   by TonyPeakman 1y ago

   That’s a good comparison — Svelte also started from the “write less, ship less” idea, and I have a lot of respect for it. The big difference is that Svelte achieves that by compiling away the framework, whereas Dagger.js avoids compilation
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   by TonyPeakman 1y ago

   haha, it's sharp but not dangerous :}
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   by TonyPeakman 1y ago

   Really appreciate that. The “old school” vibe is deliberate — I wanted to lower the barrier so that you can share a snippet or inspect a page and actually learn from it, the way we used to with plain HTML/JS. Frameworks are great, but
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   by TonyPeakman 1y ago

   Thanks for your comment.That's right — the compiled/optimized end of the spectrum is powerful, and I think Prepack showed just how far you can push that. However, dagger.js is intentionally the opposite: it trades the simplest usa
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   by TonyPeakman 1y ago

   Thanks for reporting this issue, it's fixed now. Welcome back to scoop up dagger.js :)
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   by TonyPeakman 1y ago

   Hey xupybd,thanks for reporting the issue,you may refer to the alternative site: https://000712133.deployed.codepen.website/#overview/introdu... Thanks
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   by TonyPeakman 1y ago

   Thanks for reporting this, jodacola, it seems there is domain parsing issue sometimes, you may refer to the alternative site: https://000712133.deployed.codepen.website/#overview/introdu...
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    by TonyPeakman 1y ago

    thanks for taking a look! Positioning: Think Alpine/Vue-like ergonomics but no build and WC-first. Size & perf: Focus is on simplicity and startup latency over framework features. I’m not posting synthetic benchmarks; if you have a
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    Show HN: Dagger.js – A buildless, runtime-only JavaScript micro-framework(daggerjs.org)

    80 points by TonyPeakman 1y ago|89 comments