I read "The Frontend Treadmill" (https://polotek.net/posts/the-frontend-treadmill/) and it makes me think a lot.
I used to be a backend developer, and most of my experience is there. For frontend, last time I used jQuery and it was OK for me. Simple and worked fine. Now I want to build new side project and I think maybe vanilla JS is best? JavaScript has many good features now and browsers can do many things.
1. Can vanilla JS work for medium-sized apps in 2025?
2. What small libraries would you add if needed?
I don't want to rewrite everything in 2-3 years when frameworks change again. This seems like a waste of time. Has anyone here stopped using big frameworks and feels better about it?
I used to be a backend developer, and most of my experience is there. For frontend, last time I used jQuery and it was OK for me. Simple and worked fine. Now I want to build new side project and I think maybe vanilla JS is best? JavaScript has many good features now and browsers can do many things.
1. Can vanilla JS work for medium-sized apps in 2025? 2. What small libraries would you add if needed?
I don't want to rewrite everything in 2-3 years when frameworks change again. This seems like a waste of time. Has anyone here stopped using big frameworks and feels better about it?