[fruzz]

I agree, you can't talk about web development history without bringing up jQuery. That said, the moment was right for something like it to come up. The amount of boiler plate code needed to enable rich web experiences of the time went up with the popularization of AJAX, and it was inevitable that something would solve that pain point.

[irrational]

That's how I feel about the current state of web development. It really feels like the right time for something to come up and replace React/Vue/Angular with all of their myriad associated libraries for data, routing, etc. Something that is incredibly simpler.

[unaaaa]

Vue is already ridiculously simple; how much easier can it get? You don't even need to mess around with a complicated build pipeline, just reference the vue lib in a script tag and get going.

[irrational]

What I really want is it to be built into the browser so I don't have to use a library at all for the things React/Vue/Angular do.