Frameworkless Front-End Development : Do You Control Your Dependencies or Are They Controlling You?

Explore an alternative method of front-end application development without using frameworks or third-party libraries. This updated book provides you with the required skills and freedom to consider a “no framework” approach when choosing a technology for creating a new project. New topics covered include a brief history of JavaScript frameworks and their key developments, how to protect domain code, and how to work with frameworkless in legacy applications.You'll work through the most important issues in a clear and sensible way, using practical methods and tools to gain an understanding of non-functional requirements. This book answers questions on important topics such as state management, making a routing system, creating a REST client using fetch, and reveals the trade-offs and risks associated with choosing the wrong framework or tool for your project, as well as provides sustainability, and functional alternatives.Frameworkless Front-End Development breaksdown the concept of technical debt and the ways in which a framework can impact the lifespan of a project. Along with gaining a comprehensive and clear guide on coding effectively from scratch without frameworks, you will also learn some principles of technical decision-making.What You'll LearnUnderstand DOM manipulation Manage the state of a fronted application with different patternsSafely migrate existent applications to a new framework or to frameworkless codeUnderstand the importance of non-functional requirementsSee how a Framework can affect the “health” of a codebaseWho This Book Is For Skilled JavaScript developers who want to understand how to effectively write code without using dependenciesCTOs who need to help teams to choose a technology stack for their next projectConsultants that need to refactor an existent JavaScript front-end codebase