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For those looking for a legit Rails-like experience in Node: https://github.com/cheatcode/joystick

Check out https://github.com/cheatcode/joystick.

They should/can, but not at the expense of understanding how the underlying system works. Right now, the major players significantly abstract away from "how the web works" which means newer developers don't understand and are being led into a trap. Cute marketing terms like "serverless" confuse developers into thinking there is no server (or even worse, that there's such a thing as a "serverless developer"). I'm working on this problem right now: https://github.com/cheatcode/joystick. I know I sound like a curmudgeon when I say this stuff but it's a serious problem that will have dire consequences later (see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSRHeXYDLko).

esbuild is the gold standard. Its creator has done a phenomenal job (and it's still early in its lifecycle). It's the first time I used a JS build tool and didn't scream at the monitor when dealing with nonsensical APIs and error output. Re-implemented a complex setup using it in an afternoon with very few hiccups: https://github.com/cheatcode/joystick/blob/master/cli/src/fu....

There's hope: https://github.com/cheatcode/joystick.

You'd like https://github.com/cheatcode/joystick. No special languages or syntax. Plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with the same reactive UI stuff in all the other frameworks. It's also part of a full-stack framework so you can whip up lightweight, fast apps. The best part is your skills are transferrable as I'm not introducing any domain-specific abstractions. You can go from learning HTML, CSS, and JS to this without any "gotcha" in the process.

I built this to avoid this exact problem: https://github.com/cheatcode/joystick. No desire to be acquired (open to investment but that's it), just build a business around accompanying features/services. Goal is fast, simple, and friendly regardless of your skillset. No lock-in as the entire thing is a thin abstraction over Node.js/Express.js and components are built using plain HTML, CSS, and JS (no special languages or syntax). Also adding in a lot of helper stuff so you're not stuck cobbling together random packages for common stuff (i18n, form validation, etc). Feel free to email me if you or your team have questions: ryan.glover@cheatcode.co.

JavaScript-based but plain HTML/CSS/JS. No Mary Shelley: https://github.com/cheatcode/joystick

Check out what I'm working on. I'm staying indie indefinitely: https://github.com/cheatcode/joystick. No JSX or other templating languages, just plain HTML.

> Server Components are guaranteed to become the standard for developers who need SSR I sincerely hope not. This is a serious detour from how web apps inherently work. Not good because it means people who start with React—likely a large number of devs—are not going to understand how the web works (and will potentially create destructive messes themselves later). I was able to solve this problem in my own framework with way less hoop jumping: https://github.com/cheatcode/joystick. What you describe seems like a ton of overhead for what is effectively sending some data-populated HTML, CSS, and JavaScript back to a request. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something (or it's just an idiosyncrasy of React).

Angular: how to make a mess while justifying the cost of your computer science degree. Embrace simplicity: https://github.com/cheatcode/joystick#joystickjsui.

Just finished a new full-stack JS framework I'm hyped on: https://github.com/cheatcode/joystick.

SEEKING WORK - Freelance/Contract, Remote, Tennessee, U.S. (Central Time) I'm a full-stack JavaScript developer and UI designer, working primarily with React.js, GraphQL, and Node.js. I run https://cheatcode.co and recently launched a new full-stack JavaScript framework: https://github.com/cheatcode/joystick. Looking for 3-6 month freelance and contract opportunities. Email: ryan.glover@cheatcode.co.