I am looking for suggestions for libraries to use on my project. It is a personal project, so I’m happy to experiment with lesser known or new libraries.
The application will be a mix of content-focus and client side interactivity (think to-do list with server side persistence).
My current approach is as follows:
Server side rendering on NodeJS with a template engine, complemented with client side scripting for interactivity (mostly vanilla JS)
Use liquidJS as template engine (any alternatives?)
Use fastify as the HTTP / Backend server with @fastify/view plugin for serving liquidJS (and other template engines)
use vanilla JS scripts for interactivity and DOM manipulation
use vanilla-SWR for data fetching, mutation and persistence on server side. Link: droyson/vanilla-swr
My worry with svelte is vendor lock-in. It has a specific way of doing things, and I feel like my simple app does not need that level of interactivity abstraction. But maybe I have not looked into it deeply enough.
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Have you heard of Svelte? You can write everything in Typescript or Javascript. It runs on top of node and SSR is made very easy.
My worry with svelte is vendor lock-in. It has a specific way of doing things, and I feel like my simple app does not need that level of interactivity abstraction. But maybe I have not looked into it deeply enough.
Svelte has the lowest barrier-to-entry I’ve used among frontend frameworks. I’ve really enjoyed using it.
Looks like a decent setup. Vanilla JS is the way to go for the best performance. Avoids vendor lock-in and those skills never go out of date. 👍
This may not be helpful but I’ve used EJS as a template engine before. It’s a simple engine and been around for a while.