[austin-cheney]

> When you're writing only a "couple lines of code", you can do pretty much anything you want. There's no real tradeoffs to discuss except in a theoretical sense, because the stakes are so small.

The JavaScript logic in the browser is comparatively small compared to the total application. This is absolutely more true when you remove the bloat imposed by a large framework.

Frameworks do not exist to alleviate problems for the developer. They exist to help the employer with candidate selection and training elimination to expedite hiring and firing. I can understand why a developer who is utterly reliant on the framework to do their job might think otherwise, which is a capability/dependence concern.

[rudi-c]

That you believe frameworks were invented to serve employers is a cynical point of view. I'm sorry for whatever bad experience you've had with the frameworks or people using them that caused you to develop this viewpoint.

A developer choosing to use a framework doesn't mean they are reliant on it, any more than choosing a particular language, library, text editor, tool, etc. It simply means they decided it was a helpful way to accomplish their goal, whether that's to save time, or establish consistency, eliminate categories of problems, avoid re-inventing the wheel, etc.

I don't know if you're aware of this, but you're coming off as incredibly arrogant with your strong claim that frameworks are used by those who don't know better. It's easy on the internet to vaguely gesture at "developers", but most of us are individual who've built software with real users among other demonstrated accomplishments. Strong claims require strong evidence, I hope you have the arguments to back it up.

[austin-cheney]

I hear the exact same self absorbed reasoning on other subjects from my autistic child almost daily. The psychological term is fragile ego.

For example: It’s not that the developer reliant on the framework is less than wonderful. It’s that everyone who differs in opinion is obviously wrong and/or arrogant, because the given developer cannot fathom being less than wonderful.