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by wefarrell
2181 days ago
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> It goes to show that libraries like React, Vue, and Angular are _not_ necessary to build smooth, modern, and fully-featured web interfaces. The main selling point of these libraries is the clear separation of concerns - frontend code is clearly isolated from the backend code. Previously it was common for backends to return dynamically generated javascript and to use the DOM as a frontend data storage layer. These weren't pitfalls if you had a solid foundation but if you were inexperienced these conventions gave you a lot of rope to hang yourself with. |
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I've rarely heard this as a selling point, and it doesn't seem like a very good one to me.
Even when frontend code is clearly isolated from the backend code, it's quite easy to create a mess of it all.
Except now you're also dealing with 1) multiple separate tech stacks, 2) synchronizing state in at least two places, 3) duplication of code (validation being a common one), 4) payload size and possibly lazy-loading the front-end of your codebase, 5) and so on.
There might be /something/ to this selling point in a sufficiently large project or one where multiple client apps interact with a single backend, of course, but in and of itself I don't see the benefit of such 'forced' separation of concerns.