Compilers are the New Frameworks

Frameworks without the framework: why didn’t we think of this sooner?

You can’t write serious applications in vanilla JavaScript without hitting a complexity wall. But a compiler can do it for you.

The AI cost of JavaScript frameworks

One of my pet peeves with the web development community is that so many of the decisions we make are vibes-based. Frameworks are “blazing fast,” tools will…

Frontend Without the Browser–WTH?!?

What is the state of frontend frameworks and libraries in 2026? This is a question many frontend developers today are wrestling with, and it appears one answer is that frontend has moved deeper into the stack. Take gpuix-svelte, an experimental project built by Stanislav Khromov, a Svelte core team member, that renders the JavaScript framework

The many, many, many JavaScript runtimes of the last decade

This last decade has seen an inundation of new JavaScript runtimes (and engines in equal measure), enabling us to run JavaScript in all manner of contexts...

JavaScript Frameworks - Heading into 2026

I suppose after three years, we can consider my review of JavaScript Frameworks an annual event now....

Do Frameworks Matter Anymore?

I'm not trying to be facetious. I want to really want consider whether or not, in 2026, in the age of vibe coding, agentic programming, loop or graph or whatever diagrammatic metaphor-based engineering is most popular, does it matters what web framework you use? More importantly (to me and my particular interests), and at the risk of Betteridge-ing myself: should we make new frameworks?

Why I’m skeptical of rewriting JavaScript tools in “faster” languages

I’ve written a lot of JavaScript. I like JavaScript. And more importantly, I’ve built up a set of skills in understanding, optimizing, and debugging JavaScript…

Emscripten: an LLVM-to-JavaScript compiler

Although the performance of today's JavaScript engines is sufficient for most web applications, faster and more predictable runtimes could be desired for performance-critical web code. Therefore, we present Speedy.js, a cross-compiler that translates ...

Stop learning frameworks

We are developers. We need to stay up to date with technology. Every day, we learn programming languages, frameworks, and libraries. The more modern tools we know — the better. Keeping up to date with Angular, React, Vue, Riot, Ember, Knockout is fun. But we are wasting our time.

I Built the Same App 10 Times: Evaluating Frameworks for Mobile Performance | Loren Stewart

I needed to choose a framework for a mobile-first app at work. I started comparing Next.js, SolidStart, and SvelteKit, then expanded to 10 frameworks. The measurements revealed dramatic differences in bundle sizes, performance, and the real cost of framework choices.

The Baseline Interpreter: a faster JS interpreter in Firefox 70 – Mozilla Hacks - the Web developer blog

Modern web applications load and execute a lot more JavaScript code than they did just a few years ago. While JIT (just-in-time) compilers have been very successful in making JavaScript ...

The Cost of Frameworks

I recently delivered a talk at FFConf in Brighton, called "You should use <insert library / framework here>, it's the bestestest!". I wanted to do a write-up of the presentation's content here, hopefully so it can start a broader conversation that I think we need to have, mainly around the cost of modern frameworks on mobile devices.

Component Party

Compare JavaScript frameworks side-by-side: React, Vue, Angular, Svelte, Solid.js, and more. See syntax differences, features, and code examples for web development frameworks.

Fresh - The simple, approachable, productive web framework.

Fresh features just-in-time edge rendering, island based interactivity, and zero-configuration TypeScript support. Fast to write; fast to run.

State of the Art JavaScript in 2016

State of the Art JavaScript in 2016 So, you’re starting a brand new JavaScript front end project or overhauling an old one, and maybe you haven’t kept up with the breakneck pace of the ecosystem …