[neetle]

Eh, not really. I can straight-up embed the source of this and run with it if I want something that's html++ rather than "a new JS project". I know the API, because the source is simple. It's a small tool, for small jobs.

There is nothing wrong with choosing the simpler option.

[KrishnaShripad]

I am sorry but what exactly is not possible with React? It is literally the same API.

To prove to you, I used the same code Xena used in the article and reproduced it with React: https://codesandbox.io/s/mutable-water-y385q?file=/index.htm...

No compilation. No build. Nothing. Same API too.

[rakoo]

It's not the same thing. GP says that the entire source code of xena can be directly copy-pasted in your business javascript code, or even in your html; no need for imports, no need for CDNs, a process under control from beginning to end.

What you're proposing is essentially saying "look, it's easy to fly, here's how you do it in python":

    import antigravity

    def main():
        antigravity.fly()

    if __name__ == '__main__':
        main()

[KrishnaShripad]

Nope. Have you actually looked at Xena's source code? She actually imports her own library:

`import { g, h, x } from "/static/js/xeact.min.js";`

Please see her source as I have used the same source, sans her library, to replicate it with React.

Instead of importing from "/static/js/xeact.min.js", I am importing React. There is literally no other difference.

> can be directly copy-pasted in your business javascript code

Why can't you do the same with React? You literally can copy-paste entire React code in your HTML. Nothing stops you from doing that. Doesn't matter if you import it as a file or inline it in your HTML. It is plain old Javascript at the end of the day.

[kiliancs]

So they are not exactly the same tool, but you can embed it and run with it, and use for some parts of your page, for example.