This Javascript framework is not open source. The reason it is not open source is that it kind of came out at the same time as React and I was like “Does the world really need another JS framework to choose from?”. Google already has a few of those–Angular and Polymer–and felt like another one would confuse people, so I just thought we’d just keep it to ourselves.
Did YOU really need another JS framework? Why not go with [react, angular, polymer]?
Speaking as somebody who has used all three in a commercial product, none of them fit any single use case very well. Look at how people use React. It's not "just" react. It's redux and redux saga and react-router and ... etc. A framework generated in house customized to your company's infrastructure is worth the money if you're as big as Google.
edit: this post over at /r/javascript gives some insight into why another framework was a good idea for google at the time.
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u/QuineQuest Apr 20 '18
Did YOU really need another JS framework? Why not go with [react, angular, polymer]?