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𒎏Wii 🏳️‍⚧️ • • Edited

Okay, so I already gave an answer for the back-end, but I feel like talking about front-end as well, so here goes:

My own JS micro-framework

(Yes, I like reinventing the wheel)

Cons

  • Everything is JavaScript. No extensions to the syntax.
  • Very incomplete. Features get added as I need them.
  • Building anything with it has me spend 20% of the time extending the framework.
  • Browser support? Is that some sort of SEA dish I haven't heard of?

Pros

  • Everything is JavaScript. No extensions to the syntax.
  • Very small code-base, easy to copy-paste around for prototyping, or link from a CDN
  • I've become comfortable with lots of weird JS features like Proxy or Reflect
  • Ability to rely on the latest browser features for performance and simplicity

Meta-programming is fun 💜