[smrtinsert]

There's a world of options away from React today that have those features. We can't pretend only React has them.

[diegof79]

Agree, but the article was about comparing React and Backbone.

There are a gazillion of options that resolve the same problems: Vue, Svelte, Solid, Lit, etc.

Backbone was born as better code organization on top of jQuery and CoffeeScript. It never attempted to solve these issues.

[kdazzle]

I think Backbone was a bit before Coffeescript.

Haha, coffeescript was so hot for a minute

[diegof79]

Both (Backbone and CoffeeScript) were created by Jeremy Ashkenas.

He had a very prolific year.

[simantel]

Don't forget Underscore!

[smrtinsert]

The raw jquery version looks better to me: https://justpaste.it/3pz1n

[ironmagma]

There are essentially infinitely many JS frameworks. You’ll have to recommend one or two to be taken seriously.

[smrtinsert]

Even the jquery version looks better: https://justpaste.it/3pz1n

But to keep in the good graces of our thought leader overlords, let's start solid or svelte.

[Muromec]

Vue.js is better react without hooks bullshit and with actual reactivity. Very nice, stable and mature.

[mcv]

I too prefer Vue over React. I still haven't checked out Svelte, and I'm completely over Angular by now.

React looked great when I first used it for something really small. It looked horrific when I used it on a massive project with ridiculous amounts of data and tons of middleware. Although the real horror was the useEffect spaghetti. Vue keeps looking reasonable in every project I encounter it in. Even when people use it poorly, it's never Vue itself that's the problem. Well, maybe when people start working around the reactivity. That can get really bad.