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Is JavaScript framework necessary for frontend?
I’m developing a Phoenix application with a simple read/write functionality. All my friends insist that I should write only backend in Phoenix, but use one of the JavaScript frameworks for the front end (meteor, react, etc.) Should I follow their advice? The only reason I don’t want to mess with JavaScript is because I don’t know it well enough, which will set me back significantly. Plus, each framework has it’s own syntax I need learn in addition. So 1 month project will easily become 3-6 months project.
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brightball
No. The inclusion of JavaScript frameworks in every decision is one of the worst programming trends I’ve seen in my career. It’s completely unnecessary unless you are building something that actually needs to be a single page app that will stay open for a while.
Most sites are “open, check, close” experiences that don’t come close to justifying the additional overhead.
brightball
At the moment, you could say the same about Elixir as well. We are all generally here because we’re looking forward.
andre1sk
I would strongly recommend against Meteor 
You don’t have to build an SPA so simple jquery might be enough depending on you project needs.
Riot is fun (never used in a production project though) but if you are going to dedicate a lot of effort to learning js and a framework one of the big three might be a better investment of your time React (not a framework but…), Angular(2) or Ember.
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marciol
Another solution is the new framework GitHub - hotwired/stimulus: A modest JavaScript framework for the HTML you already have · GitHub from Basecamp Team, a way to organize what they call javascript sprinkles.
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