Javascript

• Moving on from React, a Year Later (link)

  Kelly Sutton shares their experience after a year of replacing React with a JavaScript-light approach.

  One of the arguments for a SPA is that it provides a more reactive customer experience. I think that’s mostly debunked at this point, due to the performance creep and complexity that comes in with a more complicated client-server relationship.

  While there are examples of well-built SPAs, the opposite are far more common. On the other hand, traditional server-rendered applications can provide great experiences by taking advantage of platform features like back/forward cache and view transitions. The reality is that most web applications don’t need the added complexity of managing everything with JavaScript. If you are not building something with Figma’s level of complexity, it’s probably not worth it.