Hey JavaScript developers! We all have our go-to libraries and frameworks. Which ones do you love using the most and why? Share your favorites, discuss their benefits, and discover new tools that might elevate your development experience.
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I love using Svelte!
I cam here cause i wanted to write Svelte, hahahaha
Deno & Fresh, hands down :-)
Comes with Preact & esBuild so I'd add those to the list too.
Hi, just had a look at Fresh and it looks sick. Are you able to deploy a project to a standard linux/apache server or does it need something fancier like netlify to handle deno for APIS?
Glad you liked it! I use Deno deploy, but you should be able to deploy it as any other app, as long as you can install Deno runtime in your server.
Here is a link from the documentation: deno.land/manual@v1.35.1/advanced/..., hope it helps!
Cheers, for this. Will check it out :)
Deno? Why? It is currently a mere toy nowhere near production grade. Did you know Deno ranked in the 400's in last year's performance tests? NodeJS ranked 212th. Isn't Deno supposed to beat NodeJS? It's not doing it and by a long shot.
Because I like to work with it. I enjoy clean APIs and it’s just perfect for edge computing! I’m not sure what makes you believe it’s not ready for production, I’m sure you have your reasons. I moved my personal projects from Cloudflare workers to Deno deploy some time ago and so far had nothing but pleasant experience, including a significant performance boost or latency drop if you prefer it that way.
I’m not advocating for switching, but do take a look at Fresh and island architecture, it’s a masterpiece despite of its simplicity.
I find that performance boost hard to believe after seeing it ranking so poorly last year. Anyway, to each its own, I guess. Cheers.
Didn't know that. And why is node.js ranked at 212th place. Which one is ranked number one. Can you send a link or reference?
Hello. I don't have the link handy. It was the performance tests Microsoft used during their .Net7 presentation last year. A third-party company did the benchmarking. I don't remember #1. I remember .Net at 9th place, NodeJS at 212th place, and Deno being all the way down the 400's.
It would be helpful and beneficial to back such comments with a link in the future. Like this your comments lose value, where they actually could provide some. For someone who hasn’t seen the ranking themselves it could just be random numbers.
Thanks. The value of the comment is actually irrelevant to me in this particular instance. I decided to share what I read at some point in time. I have disclosed the origin, and I bet anyone determined to find it, will find it with my description. I just don't feel the urge to prove myself to anyone here or to serve as a personal assistant and look information up for strangers on their command.
Generally speaking, I will back my comments whenever I feel the need to do it.
Still, your advice is well received. I actually concur.
Performance test of what? Sources are very important for such claims.
I don't understand why people are so defensive of Node and Deno. I guess it's all in the hype.
Here: techempower.com/benchmarks/#sectio...
It has nothing to do with being defensive. But with all performance tests, the context (what has been tested exactly, and how) does matter.
Svelte. By far the simplest UI framework in existence, yet it seems to be able to do anything and everything.
For configuration, I'll use my baby wj-config over any other configuration package.
I really like VueJS for front-end development. It's easy to learn but requires great skills to master.
I think it's one of the best frameworks for junior web devs moving their first steps in the front-end frameworks world.
As for my go-to library I would say p5.js for all the functionalities related to drawings, physics, motions, etc... it's a great resource overall!
I also use p5.js! I'm glad I'm not the only one :)
Vue is always my go-to
Svelte and sveltekit are my faves right now. I love the ssr with csr hydration process of sveltekit and the fact its compiled.
Svelte and SvelteKit all day.
ReactJS always
To each their own but React even with all its changes doesn't hold a candle to Svelte
I like date-fns javascript/typescript library for all my date and time needs. This is something that shouldn't be done from scratch, so even if it isn't date-fns, please do use an established framework for it.
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React / Nextjs because they are quite profitable for me. Plus I wrote most of my hobby staffs in Nextjs/TS or maybe ( pureJS, React, bash, htmx, python and rust ).
Stimulus by the 37 Signals guys. Use it with signals (coming soon in tc39 proposal signals) and you have just about the most composable, natural way of writing ui logic that is still decoupled from the html (it can be reused with different markup).
I've been enjoying Astro really clever stuff.
I like astro but I struggle with scripting and .astro components. I need to query all my components because the script is only included one but the css scoping does not work with the js. Using Astro with other component frameworks works great. Using it if not much js code is needed works great as well. But even writing simple scripts for form validation seems to be so much more pain compared to react or others. Also you need to serialize the props in html and deserialize them in js to access them. I think theres still a lot what needs to be improved.
Even though it’s very very young still I’m having a lot of fun with solid and solid start. It may be my new favorite.
I think it's about the time to test it out again. It's been a while since I first yested it around and excited to see new developments.
java is love
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