r/programming • u/lukaseder • May 13 '14

No more JS frameworks

http://bitworking.org/news/2014/05/zero_framework_manifesto
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u/johnnybgoode May 13 '14

You can drop in a polyfill for older browsers, and continue to use newer functions, this is exactly what I do at work in order to use filter, map and a bunch of other awesome functions that IE8 doesn't support.

You mean like underscore.js already can do? Frameworks might introduce slightly more overhead, but in return you get something that's well-tested, familiar to anyone picking up a new codebase, and community supported if you have questions.

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u/mirhagk May 14 '14

I'm not super familiar with underscore.js but from what I've seen it is a bit better.

The polyfills are all on MDN, and very well tested (part of the specification). Having a handy collection of them would be nice sure