Why I Decided to Leave Frontend Frameworks Behind

• Next.js

  2,063 121,749 10.0 JavaScript

  The React Framework

  

Let's take Next.js for example. How it introduces routing to the users is far from how the actual routing works under the hood. Just to grasp what I am saying, the Next npm package is 86MB compared to the base React repo which is just over 300kB. For most projects, the only thing you do is have 10-15 pages, maybe have Stripe and a few charts, some side effects, basic state management, and that's it. Why do you need 86MB of code, all that learning curve, and the poor documentation of Next.js for your next project?

• React

  1,718 223,668 9.9 JavaScript

  The library for web and native user interfaces.

  

Let's take Next.js for example. How it introduces routing to the users is far from how the actual routing works under the hood. Just to grasp what I am saying, the Next npm package is 86MB compared to the base React repo which is just over 300kB. For most projects, the only thing you do is have 10-15 pages, maybe have Stripe and a few charts, some side effects, basic state management, and that's it. Why do you need 86MB of code, all that learning curve, and the poor documentation of Next.js for your next project?

• SurveyJS

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  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

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