No-build, no-NPM, SSR-first JavaScript framework if you hate React, love HTML
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- #frontend
- #DOM
- #framework
- Qite.js is a frontend framework designed for those who prefer HTML over React and dislike build steps, Virtual DOM, npm, and mixing JavaScript with HTML.
- It operates DOM-first and SSR-first, working directly with the browser's DOM without re-rendering from scratch or simulating the browser in memory.
- Qite.js is small, self-sufficient, and powerful, suitable for serious applications without requiring npm or a build step.
- The framework emphasizes declarative states, treating the DOM as the source of truth, and uses plain HTML and JavaScript modules.
- Components in Qite.js form a hierarchy where child components emit events and parent components handle decisions, promoting a clean separation of concerns.
- Qite.js includes built-in fields and flags for component state management, with changes automatically updating the DOM and reevaluating state rules.
- Event handling in Qite.js is simple and explicit, using a unified model for both browser and custom component events without global buses or hidden magic.
- For dynamic component creation, Qite.js uses native HTML `<template>` elements, keeping markup in HTML and behavior in JavaScript.
- The framework is SSR-first but allows for SPA-like behavior in sections or full SPAs if desired, without forcing a specific architecture.
- Qite.js is not a virtual DOM framework, template compiler, React clone, or mandatory SPA architecture, and it doesn't require npm or a bundler.