Script & Style

Vanilla JavaScript with Chris Ferdinandi

Episode Summary

We chat with Chris Ferdinandi about Vanilla JavaScript and the Lean Web. It's amazing how fast everything can be when you write less JavaScript.

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Chris Ferdinandi
@ChrisFerdinandi
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Episode Summary

Vanilla JavaScript

• Chris Ferdinandi is a Frontend developer and advocate for Vanilla JavaScript.
  • He runs GoMakeThings, a JavaScript learning platform.
• Chris’s Origin Story
  • https://gomakethings.com/
  • The HR Guy who knows Tech
  • Making things that run in a browser was a thrill
• Why should people learn vanilla JavaScript over React, Angular, Vue, Etc.?
• Tell us about the Lean Web
  • https://leanweb.dev/
  • Thomas Fuchs coined term, “The LeanWeb”
  • This was a tweet that turned into some blog posts that turned into a talk that turned into an ebook and site.
  • Key thesis: The web is a bloated, over-engineered mess, and many of our modern “best practices” are actually making the web worse.
  • Key principles: Embrace the Platform, Small & Modular, and The Web is for Everyone
  • http://youmightnotneedjs.com/
  • https://vanillajstoolkit.com/