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JonathanBeuys on Dec 14, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: SvelteKit 1.0

Why do you want a framework and not just plain HTML, CSS and Javascript?

I have been doing frontend dev for over a decade and I never needed a framework. When I want to template data client side, I use Handlebars.

veidelis on Dec 14, 2022 [–]

You've never ran into DOM performance issues? You use a lot of createDocumentFragment? Please share more.

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