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Discussion on: Powerful unknown web APIs

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Jake Varness

Everyone always forgets how powerful plain JavaScript can be, especially when it comes to the DOM. Everyone always wants to know how to do certain things in React/Angular/whatever but they forget the basics!

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Charles Assunção

Can't agree more 😁

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John Kazer

Definitely. Although I really like using a virtual DOM, as it let's me focus on app logic separately from DOM manipulation. I guess there is a nice transition from apps with a bit of dynamism that use plain JavaScript through somewhat more complex apps that use a virtual DOM and then those big apps that use react or similar.