Simplifying Web Development Complexity
Have you ever found yourself drowning in the sea of modern web development technologies, struggling to navigate the labyrinth of REST, APIs, state management, and the ever-growing complexities of frameworks like React? If so, you're not alone.
In the era of oldie-goldie web development, simplicity reigned supreme. With just HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, you could build almost anything. Tools like jQuery were the superheroes of the day, effortlessly handling everything from DOM manipulation to AJAX requests. There was no need to worry about server-side versus client-side, or wrestle with the intricacies of state management and side effects. It was a time when building small to mid-sized applications felt like a breeze.
But fast forward to today, and the landscape looks drastically different. The push for innovation has led to a proliferation of new technologies, each promising to enhance the developer experience. Yet, instead of simplifying matters, these innovations often add layers of complexity. Developers find themselves buried under an avalanche of dependencies and packages, each promising to be the solution to their woes.
To make matters worse, the pace of change is relentless. Every day brings a deluge of new packages and libraries, each vying for attention and adoption. It's enough to overwhelm even the most seasoned developer.
"In web development, a lot of decisions are driven by the fear of looking dumb. People are worried about appearing unsophisticated and unwilling to say this is 'too complicated and we should do something simpler even though it's not super sexy'", - Carson Gross
So why not go back to basics? Why not embrace the tried-and-tested technologies that have stood the test of time? HTML, CSS, and plain JavaScript were once the building blocks of the web, and they still hold immense power.
You might argue that such an approach is not scalable or maintainable, especially when building interactive UIs that rely heavily on client-side logic. And you'd be right. Vanilla JavaScript can indeed be cumbersome to manage in such scenarios.
But what if there was a middle ground? What if there were tools that combined the simplicity of oldie-goldie technologies with the power and flexibility of modern frameworks? That's why we wanted to introduce you to bexlite tech-stack.
It's hypermedia-driven tech stack that simplifies the complexity of web development.