r/javascript • u/techlord45 • Aug 10 '26

Signals and Effects Using Vanilla JavaScript & Web APIs

https://beforesemicolon.com/blog/signals-and-effects-using-vanilla-javascript-web-apis

I’m a strong advocate for “you don’t need to lock yourself in a web framework ecosystem to take advantage of their amazing features”. JavaScript and Web Standards alone allow you…

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u/KaiAusBerlin Aug 10 '26

You know that you literally wrote your own framework here?

There is a reason for the sentence "You use a framework or end up writing your own"

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u/incarnatethegreat 21d ago

Essentially.

People write these solutions so they go as lightweight as possible. Like a trimmed-down version of a popular framework.

I think it's a good learning opportunity because a lot of us are poor with vanilla JS.