[emsy]

I never miss downvoting, but all the "not another framework!" Posts make me do so. It's not the framework creators fault that JavaScript is flooded with libraries, so give the framework the chance to prove itself. For JavaScript frameworks, it's survival of the fittest.

[woah]

Better than some of the stagnant languages out there. If people don't want to try any of these new frameworks, they should just keep using what they were using before. Strange to complain about there being too much enthusiasm and innovation in a community.

[mattgreenrocks]

Actually, those 'stagnant' languages are powering your OS, your browser, the backend server, etc. They've had millions of dollars invested into them for development, implementation, and optimization. Doesn't mean they're good, but more that they're [usually] good enough that you can completely ignore them. Talk about abstraction!

Anyway, lots of frameworks coming out != progress. Similarly, lack of new frameworks != stagnation. It often implies maturity, especially if the language has undergone a previous period of hype.

Good tech stays around. Everything else dies by the wayside. Easier to just sit back and see who's left standing a year later. React looks desirable in my eyes because it isn't a framework with a God complex (aka all 'opinionated' frameworks).

[agmcleod]

Well if nothing is changing with the language, or no new frameworks, then that does mean stagnation. Is it a bad thing? Of course not. Such stable languages and tools are great to have.

Likewise I do think the sleuth of frameworks means progress. Not always good progress, but we will continue to learn and improve things going forward as these experiments succeed or fail.

[woah]

Yea, I'm not saying that the churn is a good thing. But I do think that in 5 years, JS/HTML/CSS will be a truly great interface toolkit because of all the ideas that are being tested now. It is kind of annoying at the moment.

[fro]

+1. There is literally zero negative impact on anyone's life by a hundred new js frameworks coming out every day. Ignore them. Use the ones you know and enjoy. If a new one seems to be gaining mainstream traction, spend an hour to check it out. Don't waste a second of brain activity or get annoyed with new frameworks - there is no reason.

[RussianCow]

Of course there is! It fragments the community, which means instead of pouring our efforts into making one really awesome framework (e.g. Ruby on Rails), every other developer is making their own.

Not that I think that's inherently bad, especially since web technology is constantly in flux, but you can't say that having tons of small frameworks has zero impact on anyone's life.

[gasping]

Yes there is. It becomes harder to separate the wheat from the chaff.

[darylteo]

You're forgetting the people who are new and coming in. Having a hundred options to choose from leads to initial paralysis.