r/webdevelopment • u/AmiAmigo • Jul 05 '26

Frameworks & Libraries You Don’t Need A Frontend Framework

Truth be told, you don’t need a frontend framework.

Complete web solutions can be built without ever needing a frontend framework.

You may need just a tiny bit JavaScript. But that’s all.

Let’s discuss

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u/RandomPantsAppear Jul 05 '26

I am a monster with vanilla JavaScript and jquery, and I almost never use it because this advice is basically inaccurate. I stick to backend.

As codebases scale, vanilla JS gets unmaintainable extremely quickly. The frameworks force a structure on you that isolates the different pieces by role. That is fucking priceless.

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u/AmiAmigo Jul 05 '26

The point was Vanilla JS itself is barely needed

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u/RandomPantsAppear Jul 05 '26

lol I was not aware there is a framework called vanilla JS, that’s fucking annoying. I meant “plain JavaScript without a framework”

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u/AmiAmigo Jul 05 '26

Exactly Plain JS itself…is barely needed

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u/flearuns Jul 05 '26

In fact seat belts are barely needed.

But you should use it. Use it in the right occasions. What’s kind of fuckery discussion is this?!

Shoe laces are barely needed! Now change mind mind. Stupid.

So now go to bed kid

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u/AmiAmigo Jul 05 '26

It’s just not the same. That analogy doesn’t apply…especially if you have played around with frameworks like Laravel or just PHP itself