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jwarren on May 25, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: VanJS (Vanilla JavaScript): smallest reactive UI f...

You're mixing metaphors there! It might be lightweight but it's still a flavour.

It's still not part of the common browser API, so yes it's easy to add, but no, it's not vanilla.

Anon4Now on May 25, 2023 [–]

> it's still a flavour.

> it's not vanilla.

Hate to interrupt, but vanilla is a flavor. And it's a pretty good one, dammit!

rgoulter on May 25, 2023 | [–]

Insofar as the discussion on the name "vanilla javascript" goes, this mixes metaphors.

"Vanilla JavaScript" implies "without anything added".

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