An interesting view. I agree that business requirements seem to get more demanding. I'm not suggesting that we drop libraries like React - far from it. Often React is a perfect fit for applications. What I wanted to highlight was an overall awareness of an increase in bloat. I often see libraries used as sledgehammers where lightweight alternatives would fit better. I also see a lack of skills in how to develop for performance because there is no understanding of the underlying web platform - just knowledge of the library.
Yeah, I have the same sentiments about JS frameworks being used unnecessarily for completely static sites, so I guess we actually agree on most things.
The only other aspect my view differs is how much underlying knowledge is required - imo, if someone knows how to optimise performance within a framework, then it's probably not necessary to know lower-level optimisation techniques (although it would be better if they did, of course)
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An interesting view. I agree that business requirements seem to get more demanding. I'm not suggesting that we drop libraries like React - far from it. Often React is a perfect fit for applications. What I wanted to highlight was an overall awareness of an increase in bloat. I often see libraries used as sledgehammers where lightweight alternatives would fit better. I also see a lack of skills in how to develop for performance because there is no understanding of the underlying web platform - just knowledge of the library.
Yeah, I have the same sentiments about JS frameworks being used unnecessarily for completely static sites, so I guess we actually agree on most things.
The only other aspect my view differs is how much underlying knowledge is required - imo, if someone knows how to optimise performance within a framework, then it's probably not necessary to know lower-level optimisation techniques (although it would be better if they did, of course)