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Vanilla JavaScript versus frameworks

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Vanilla JavaScript versus frameworks

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- [Instructor] One more thing before we start working on projects. The question often comes up, should I learn JavaScript by itself, often called vanilla JavaScript, or should I use a framework or library. There are unaccountably many JavaScript frameworks and libraries. The most popular ones as of this recording are probably React, Angular, jQuery, and Vue. And they all offer benefits and drawbacks that are worth discussing. Using a framework can make life much easier because there are few tasks or problems that someone else hasn't seen before. And if you find a framework that deals with that problem you can get on with your own work more quickly. A framework may include ideas and cleverness that you wouldn't have thought of otherwise. So they can be great learning tools and help you avoid common problems before you face them. A good framework will probably have security features built in that you would otherwise…

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