This is the approach I have used and advocated for for the last 10 years however 'class' was not available until ecmascript 6 so I have learned how to do it using what's available by leveraging the power and nature of first class functions, closures, and the other features available in the Javascript language in the earlier versions of ecmascript. I applaud your approach because I have always written Javascript with the intent to avoid making my code dependent on frameworks and libraries. It would be nice if companies would come to realize this is the better approach to writing frontend code and not insisting on the use of frameworks!
I absolutely agree, especially with the comment about what companies are looking for. I keep in contact with a few recruiters in order to stay in touch with what companies are looking for. I don't know how many times I've had to explain to a interviewer that they need to look for people competent in the JavaScript language, not for people who have committed themselves to a particular framework.
Now even as a junior developer I can attest to that frustration. It's crazy how focused they are on platform skills when that's just a doc away from doing x or y. I spend so much time trying to develop my JavaScript skills now. I don't even like calling myself a front-end developer because I feel like it had a frivolous connotation, like I can only do HTML, CSS and MAYBE a bit of JS. I'm like no, I love JS and I'm good at it. Anyway great article, but the discussion had been even more enjoyable.
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This is the approach I have used and advocated for for the last 10 years however 'class' was not available until ecmascript 6 so I have learned how to do it using what's available by leveraging the power and nature of first class functions, closures, and the other features available in the Javascript language in the earlier versions of ecmascript. I applaud your approach because I have always written Javascript with the intent to avoid making my code dependent on frameworks and libraries. It would be nice if companies would come to realize this is the better approach to writing frontend code and not insisting on the use of frameworks!
I absolutely agree, especially with the comment about what companies are looking for. I keep in contact with a few recruiters in order to stay in touch with what companies are looking for. I don't know how many times I've had to explain to a interviewer that they need to look for people competent in the JavaScript language, not for people who have committed themselves to a particular framework.
Now even as a junior developer I can attest to that frustration. It's crazy how focused they are on platform skills when that's just a doc away from doing x or y. I spend so much time trying to develop my JavaScript skills now. I don't even like calling myself a front-end developer because I feel like it had a frivolous connotation, like I can only do HTML, CSS and MAYBE a bit of JS. I'm like no, I love JS and I'm good at it. Anyway great article, but the discussion had been even more enjoyable.