Framework and library maturity “Seal of Approval”

Every time that I start working in a new project I try to use the technologies that I know to speed up the development process.

Also I try to find frameworks or libraries that help me to accomplish the features that I want to add.

For example, I started a project with ReactJS and Next.js. Specially Next.js sets up the project in 1 hour, instead of tinkering with Webpack for days.

Then the UI libraries. I needed to find a library that had the typical UI components ready to use. Here is where the headaches start.

The process starts like this: I create a new branch, add the library dependencies and start setting up a form with selects, dates, times, text, dependent values, etc...

None of them just work out of the box. They have to be combined with other libraries for specific functionality like dates or form handling (I don't want to give specific names here).

My idea here: to create a "Frameworks and Libraries maturity state registry"

Defining a list of minimal and common requirements (dates, form handling, validation, you name it) and characterize UI libraries that implement them.

Then they will receive a status like "Starting", "Almost Complete", "Complete", "More Than Expected"