Echo JS 0.11.0

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faceyspacey 2667 days ago. link parent 1 point
I'm not saying make a virtual DOM api. Make the react rendering model "THE API." And without JSX--just pure JS.

Also, 25 years of backwards compatability doesn't need to go away. They can build it into the browser as an option like WebGL. But it must support SEO, have a more efficient rendering engine like an iPhone app, and under a simpler API (similar to React). 

..In my estimation web components will never become big. Maybe something else like it. And browser folks are working on another "web component"-like model that truly gets it right by the way. And ultimately that's the point. So in general, I agree. Something truly "right" and high performance should takeover here. 

It's not one or the other--the 25 years can stay, it's gonna have to. But websites should be able to perform as amazingly as React Native does by now. The performance is horrible. You can't build animation heavy stuff like you see on your AppleTV or FireTV without encountering much jank, bar WebGL which isn't the right API and doesnt offer SEO. The best API to me is React. To others it's Vue. In terms of actual app building productivity, Web components falls short of both by a long shot. So that's its problem. Let's not marry ourselves to yet another crappy API when there are clear and far better alternatives.

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