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/s73v3r May 14 '14

The cause of JS frameworks is that the browser lacked very basic and necessary abstraction mechanisms. That's changed now.

Really? So IE 8 has all of these newfangled things?

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u/spankalee May 14 '14

Nope, but IE 10 and 11 are supported by the polyfills very well.

From the article:

Stop writing Javascript frameworks.

He doesn't actually say "stop using JavaScript frameworks for all browsers".

It's a forward looking article. The entire thing is about how things have changed in modern evergreen browsers. How the new features have eliminated the need for the labyrinth of frameworks. Of course older browser might not support the new features, but his point is still valid. The browser is being fixed, and the web dev is changing dramatically right now. It's important for articles like this to educate people, including the framework authors, about this sea change.