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Ask HN: Have you build a new web app without react in the past 2 years?

3 points by ankushio ↗ HN
React has become the defacto choice framework for building web applications, but are there still developers who are choosing to build web apps without it? If so, what are your reasons for doing so?

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alex_lav
Htmx. Because I hate both React and JavaScript.

Before that I used Vue, which was more tolerable.

catlover76
This isn't a production thing, but I am using Elm for a project for the first time right now. I mostly like it thus far, but am not a convert.

My overall takeaway is that a lot of where I thought React was going initially was stuff I see present in Elm, and that Elm had pinned down since seemingly before React got on the scene. Namely, I am thinking of the observer pattern style way of updating data.

jacquesm
Yes, pianojacq.com is built without any kind of framework. Super simple and very small to ship like that. It also works offline, you can download it and use it locally.
gregjor
React is the fad for web development in some sectors. Java, C#, PHP still dominate if you zoom out and look at all web development.

I haven’t written anything in React in several years, nor have I had a customer ask for it. PHP, Go, and Python. I have colleagues using Elixir, Python, Ruby, but no React.

dtagames
Yes. Lit and web components in general can help escape some of the overhead of building with React or Angular -- at the cost of doing more of your own component design.

As an example, Adobe recently brought Photoshop to the web browser with these two technologies, which seems unthinkable with React.

syndicatedjelly
Currently building one in Django, and enjoying the experience so far.
fermigier
I'm using mostly Python (+ Flask, Sanic, Litestar...) for the back-end and HTMX for the "front-end".
meiraleal
Yes, Lit and webcomponents, got tired of React and its unnecessary complexity