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The best free, open-source SaaS template for React & NodeJS

vincanger on June 05, 2024

Presenting Open SaaS πŸŽ‰ We’re really excited to present Open SaaS, the totally free, open-source, production-grade SaaS boilerplate for R...
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Sahin D. • Edited

Are people still considering React for a new project? 😳 It is the new defacto jQuery 🌚

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Sourab Pramanik

People building real applications are using React. It looks like NextJS is a powerful full-stack framework but once you get into the details of the implementation and interpretation, you will notice you have no control over the application when it starts growing that you can get in React. It is a bubble

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Sahin D. • Edited

You can build a real application using SolidJS or any other framework which don't utilize Virtual DOM, not have a messy lifecycle hooks and isolated rendering structure (aka. granular updates).
I see React choosers as jQuery fans who insist (maybe still) that React isn't a real life tech stack over jQuery.
When we start thinking ahead, the philosophy of JS ecosystem is: never settle 😁 Every now and then, we will get faster things than before and SolidJS may become obsolete, considering the fact it is a good replacement for React developers, and most probably other frameworks too (including me)

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Sourab Pramanik

Yes I agree people tend to lean towards the tools which can solve their problems in a way they understand the best and that is where strong opinions for frameworks come in. But I personally haven't seen any complex applications available in the market built using SolidJS, I can be wrong here.

And talking about VDom, I can't agree more on the drawbacks it has, for which I highly appreciate Svelte for it's dynamic nature and lightness.

There goes another thing that people tend to follow similar approach to solve a problem in different languages/frameworks ignoring the inbuilt features that can provide a better experience

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Okoro chimezie bright • Edited

That's the challenge while in real world applications things keep growing as things change via feature addition and functionality.Here comes the nightmare while we have other frameworks that support that growth without breaking your app, Angular,veujs,django restframework,php larvel ,python django .everything is there just focus on what real matters.React and Nextjs is cool but for me i use it for hubby project.

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Rense Bakker

I don't understand peole hating on React, coming up with these kinds of examples... Django? PHP/Laravel? I mean no offense, but I don't think you understand what React is...

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Okoro chimezie bright

Noted you are right thanks.

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vincanger

Yea, a lot more than you'd think.

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Sahin D. • Edited

Well I'll be damned

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Philip Damra

I remember React fans saying the same about jQuery when React was new. The technical prowess of a framework or library is only one of several considerations when you're running a business. Some of the others might be "How hard will it be for me to find experienced developers to work on this project?", or "What open source libraries/tools will I be able to leverage to build my product?". Developers tend to think only in technical terms, but building a successful product requires additional perspectives.

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Martin Baun

Most underrated comment :)

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Philipp Rich

Sure they are, look at statistics and the job market. It's ridiculously popular and for next couple of years will remain the same.

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Sahin D.

It's simple actually; will you install jQuery on your new project? I mean, a sane and modern developer would not.
Of course React cover most of the market right now but, jQuery does too.
Will developers replace jQuery based web sites in an instant, no of course. Same with React. But eventually React will be replaced or it will evolve to how true reactive libs works by dropping its existing API. It is just matter of time

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Mihovil Ilakovac

The "Woah" in the promo video gets me every time! Vinny devrel of the year

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vincanger

haha thanks buddy

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Ayush Thakur

Amazing curation of templates

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Miguel

how cool, thank you

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Azeem Shafeeq

Amazing Stuff

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Antonio | CEO at Litlyx.com

Amizing!! I'm a huge fan of wasp!! I share some love from italy. I would love to let you know our open-source project. You can find more on Our Github Repo.

Love your work.

Have a nice day!!

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Nicolas Talle • Edited

Oh thanks man for your hard work. I love OpenSaaS, the choices of the tech stack and its website. You are a genius! Great job, I will use it on a project for my wife :)

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zvone187 • Edited

I love Open SaaS!!

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Matija Sosic

Great job on this! It's super cool to see different stuff that people are building.