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Ask HN: Explaining front-end frameworks to a designer

Hey guys,

I'll start with some context - I'm a UX designer at Wix.com, where I also get to play around with front-end development (Prototyping).

Whenever a framework like React or Angular comes up in a conversation with fellow designers, I will always have a hard time explaining what these tools are/why do we use it.

(I think) I'm having a hard time explaining, because I had never built anything meant for 'production', nor with vanilla.

What I usually end up with, is: "a framework asks that you write your code in a specific manner, according to a set of rules. In return, it will do some super clever assumptions, such that your end product will be better (Maintainable, performant, etc...)".

I feel like this explanation could be better. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

8 points nbenita 11 years ago 4 comments

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