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Discussion on: Why You Shouldn't Use A Web Framework

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jmyrons

What's going on that really sucks is all companies seem to have some stupid notion that if you do not have the latest framework on your resume you couldn't possibly know front end coding and be top notch at it. I've been coding for over 30 years with the last 10 spent using the design patterns that provide for very modular object oriented Javascript, so I consider myself an expert at creating readable reusable code using only vanilla Javascript, CSS, and HTML, yet I'm finding it nearly impossible to find work since I am not a React or Angular framework guru. In fact looks like I'm usually being screened out for this deficit of knowledge with these frameworks. It is a sad day when low level knowledge is perceived inadequate compared to having framework knowledge. I've spent time looking at how you code with these frameworks and it makes me nauscious...seems they prefer to extend HTML over writing clean modular Javascript that can dynamically render out HTML for custom user interfaces.