Message from JavaScript discussions
March 2017
— JS devs should perhaps stop following other people's opinions when it comes to tooling and frameworks
Imo JS is special now because it allows easier ways to do data processing on the client instead of the server
— I am writing a CMS, something traditionally serverside, in JS in the browser
— The server is barely a few lines long
— JS hv been doing that since 2013 or so... ES6 and upwards with all those insane tooling isn't helping at all
— I also build all my own tools
— Something devs should be doing
— Yeah the ability to actually build custom frameworks and tools is a skill not often asked for but extremely useful, because it shows an ability to be a key engineer and know how other frameworks function
— Tbh, I still don't know what the heck Gulp and Grunt does... yet I been in the JSsphere for a while now... 100% pure and sane JavaScript
— So I have a motto or principle that says, don't use a tool if you couldn't build it yourself too!
— 😂😂
— And so thats what I do before using any framework, I deconstruct it's basic concepts and roll my own