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Discussion on: Why You Shouldn't Use A Web Framework

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Charles-Eugene Loubao

The thing I get from this article is this: Wanna use a framework? Sure go ahead, BUT make sure you understand the basics of how the web works so you can understand how this framework is really helping you. I recently got interested in web and from an Android developer perspective (native Java and Kotlin) it looks like madness to me. So many Tools so many plugins, so many frameworks, and tbh from an outside perspective, it looks pretty scary. Although I'd say with some time and some deep digging it all makes sense eventually. Yes knowing the building blocks of web dev is important, it helps you understand a bit more what your tools are doing and why some things might work or might not. BUT saying that all frameworks are horrible to me is a bit of a stretch. All those frameworks do at the root is trying to make development faster and as somebody who had to prototype a web app for my job, I'd say VueJS was easy enough and helped a lot. Do I know everything about HTML and JS or CSS ? No. Did I get my product up and running in no time ? Yes. Did I learn a lot in the process? Heck Yeah 🔥. All that to just say that use any framework you want, as long as you either learn something using it or know how it's really helping you.