What is VanillaJS

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I have one simple question  that got stuck in my mind for a few days  What is VanillaJS  Some people refer to it as a framework  you can download a library from the official pages   But when I check some examples or TodoMVC  they just use classic raw JavaScript functions without even including the library from the official pages or anything  Also the link  Docs  on the official webpage leads to the Mozilla specification of JavaScript   My question is  Is VanillaJS raw JavaScript  And if yes  why people refer to it as  framework  when all you need is a browser without any special included scripts   I am sorry for a probably stupid question but I have no idea what people are talking about when they say  VanillaJS

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The plain and simple answer is yes  VanillaJS     JavaScript  as prescribed by Dr B  Eich

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Using  VanillaJS  means using plain JavaScript without any additional libraries like jQuery    People use it as a joke to remind other developers that many things can be done nowadays without the need for additional JavaScript libraries     Here s a funny site that jokingly talks about this  http   vanilla-js com

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This is VanillaJS  unmodified       VanillaJS v1 0    Released into the Public Domain    Your code goes here    As you can see  it s not really a framework or a library  It s just a running gag for framework-loving bosses or people who think you NEED to use a JS framework  It means you just use whatever your  for you own sake  non-legacy  browser gives you  using Vanilla JS when working with legacy browsers is a bad idea

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VanillaJS     JavaScript i e VanillaJS is native JavaScript Why  Vanilla says it all     Computer software  and sometimes also other computing-related systems like computer hardware or algorithms  are called vanilla when not customized from their original form  meaning that they are used without any customization or updates applied to them  Refer this article   So Vanilla often refers to pure or plain  In the English language Vanilla has a similar meaning  In information technology  vanilla  pronounced vah-NIHL-uh   is an adjective meaning plain or basic  Or having no special or extra features  ordinary or standard   So why name it VanillaJS  As the accepted answer says some bosses want to work with a framework  because it s more organized and flexible and do all the things we want    but simply JavaScript will do the job   Yet you need to add a framework somewhere  Use VanillaJS    Is it a Joke  YES Want some fun  Where can you find it  http   vanilla-js com  Download and see for yourself     It s 0 bytes uncompressed  25 bytes gzipped  D Found this pun on internet regarding JS frameworks  Not to condemn the existing JS frameworks though  they ll make life really easy       Also refer   https   softwareengineering stackexchange com questions 261164 is-vanilla-js-still-considered-a-library

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Vanilla JS    is an expression that got popular after the publishing of a satire website in 2012  http   vanilla-js com    There   s a section covering its story meaning in this post   So why the joke  It kind of came as a modern response to the old school knee-jerk reflex of relying on jQuery and additional JS libraries  With the ECMAScript spec and modern browsers capabilities  the need to bypass plain JS with external libraries to maintain consistency across browsers just isn   t there anymore  Here   s a site that shows you how true this is with concrete examples  http   youmightnotneedjquery com

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This word  hence  VanillaJS is a just damn joke that changed my life  I had gone to a German company for an interview  I was very poor in JavaScript and CSS  very poor  so the Interviewer said to me  We re working here with VanillaJs  So you should know this framework   Definitely  I understood that I was rejected  but for one week I seek for VanillaJS  After all  I found THIS LINK    What I am just was because of that joke   VanillaJS     plain  JavaScript

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There s no difference at all  VanillaJS is just a way to refer to native  non-extended and standards-based  JavaScript  Generally speaking it s a term of contrast when using libraries and frameworks like jQuery and React  Website www vanilla-js com lays emphasis on it as a joke  by talking  bout VanillaJS as though it were a fast  lightweight  and cross-platform framework  That muddies the waters  Thus  it can be a little philosophical question   how many things do I compile to Vanilla JavaScript without being VanillaJS themselves   So  a mere guideline for that is  if you can write the code and run it in any current web-browser without additional tools or so called compile steps  it might be VanillaJS

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This is a joke for those who are excited about the JavaScript frameworks and do not know the pure Javascript   So VanillaJS is the same as pure Javascript   Vanilla in slang means      unexciting  normal  conventional  boring   Here is a nice presentation on YouTube about VanillaJS  What is Vanilla JS

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VanillaJS is a term for library framework free javascript     Its sometimes ironically referred to as a library  as a joke for people who could be seen as mindlessly using different frameworks  especially jQuery   Some people have gone so far to release this library  usually with an empty or comment-only js file

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