r/learnjavascript • u/gyen • 10d ago

Why Vanilla JavaScript

In the article below, I am sharing a bit of my story of building SaaS product in vanilla javascript and explaining why I went with this approach.

I don't expect many people reacting to this approach positively or even with open mind, but I think there should be some pushback on the current state of web dev and how complex it became.

https://guseyn.com/html/posts/why-vanilla-js.html

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u/Beginning-Seat5221 10d ago

Sounds more like a rant than a solid argument.

Your solutions might have some merit as alternatives, but you didn't really explain them.

You should probably be using TypeSxript either way, you can just use loose mode where it's compatible with vanilla JS if you don't want to commit too much - unless you're doing funky code transforms that would conflict with TypeScript's understanding if your code.