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    JavaScript in Plain English

    medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english · Publication · on HN since 2018

    JavaScript in Plain English is a Medium publication with community tutorials and framework comparisons on JavaScript, React, Vue, and Svelte.

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    What HN says

    HN links it for framework comparison posts and TypeScript and WebAssembly guides; commenters cite them when asking about React versus Vue.

    Stats for nerds
    74HN people shared it
    110linked in comments
    545story points
    Mar 2021last shared
    2019people per year2021

    Top posts on HN

    1. 1
      I created the exact same app in React and Vue
      2 people · 301 points · first shared 2018 · 180 comments on HN
    2. 2
      Good reasons not to use TypeScript
      1 person · 17 points · first shared 2020 · 17 comments on HN
    3. 3
      2019 Edition: I created the same app in React and Vue. Here's the differences
      4 people · 16 points · first shared 2019 · 1 comments on HN
    4. 4
      Is-Promise Post Mortem
      2 people · 12 points · first shared 2020 · Discussion on HN
    5. 5
      I created the exact same app in React and Svelte. Here are the differences
      3 people · 11 points · first shared 2019 · 2 comments on HN
    6. 6
      Why Svelte won't kill React
      2 people · 9 points · first shared 2019 · 3 comments on HN
    7. 7
      JavaScript Frameworks, Performance Comparison 2020
      3 people · 7 points · first shared 2020 · 2 comments on HN
    8. 8
      Top 10 Most Popular JavaScript Libraries to Use in 2021
      1 person · 6 points · first shared 2020 · 5 comments on HN
    9. 9
      How to Approach State Management in React, Vue and Angular
      1 person · 6 points · first shared 2019 · Discussion on HN
    10. 10
      Unforgettable 10-year-old JavaScript libraries
      2 people · 5 points · first shared 2020 · 1 comments on HN

    What HN people wrote when they linked it

    • brigandishJan 2021

      I find it actually improves a number of websites (an increasing number), which may be more of a comment on the number of front-end devs who seem to be able to construct a website that degrades properly without javascript.

      I also can't make Lynx and Wget into a more graphical form with just a couple of clicks, and there are other reasons reasons to disable CSS[1][2] but each to their own.

      [1] https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/tracking-with-css-ec98e3d81046

      [2] https://www.templarbit.com/blog/2018/03/20/tracking-users-with-css/

    • colejohnson66Dec 2019

      Just do a search for “use TypeScript with Node”:

      https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/typescript-with-node-and-express-js-why-when-and-how-eb6bc73edd5d

      https://blog.risingstack.com/building-a-node-js-app-with-typescript-tutorial/

      Basically, you install the `typescript` package which gives you `tsc`. Then you configure Node to run your program with `tsc` through your package.json.

    • davidjnelsonMay 2019

      Vue seems very similar to react[1]. Anyone know why vue is seeing a big swing in adoption when we already have react? Maybe because it's built into laravel[2]? Some other reason?

      1. https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/i-created-the-exact-same-app-in-react-and-vue-here-are-the-differences-e9a1ae8077fd

      2. https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/frontend

    • lenkiteMar 2021

      Size and Performance for large web-apps presumably. For example, Figma which is currently wiping Sketch's face on the floor is written in C++ and compiled to WASM. https://medium.com/javascript-in-plain-english/made-with-webassembly-e2115fe7d97c

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