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Modern browsers have matured to the point where native JavaScript APIs can replace framework functionality, leading developers to abandon heavy frameworks in favor of vanilla JavaScript. Native features like web components, ES modules, and the Fetch API now provide the modularity and reactivity that once required React or Vue, while delivering better performance and eliminating dependency bloat. AI coding assistants work more effectively with plain JavaScript than framework abstractions, and the no-build movement enables direct deployment without transpilation pipelines. This shift represents a cultural reset where developers prioritize fundamentals, performance, and maintainability over constantly learning new framework patterns.

Why Developers Are Ditching Frameworks for Vanilla JavaScript

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Who’s ditching frameworks and going vanilla?
<a href="https://2024.stateofjs.com/en-US/libraries/front-end-frameworks/#front_end_frameworks_work" target="_blank" rel="noopener nofollow">https://2024.stateofjs.com/en-US/libraries/front-end-frameworks/#front_end_frameworks_work</a>

Who’s ditching frameworks and going vanilla?*2

Seems my comments on this exact post have been deleted… :/

Interesting topic, but this article reads like it was written by ChatGPT.