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Vanilla JS Coders, what are some killer tools you use? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml to c/webdev@lemmy.ml
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I wrote a few simple web apps to speed up production in a few departments at work, and I am loving coding with just Vanilla JS, after years of using React, TS, Vue2, Angular, etc.

But I feel like I have to be missing some tools since Js is older than time.

Here's my workflow:

  1. Code in VSCode (auto-save)
  2. I built an AHK script that automatically switches to Chrome and hard-reloads the page
  3. Web Dev Tools are open in Chrome.
  4. I find errors in Js, HTML, or CSS and alt+tab back to VS to fix it
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[–] GnomeOnTheRange@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I use ChatGPT to convert jQuery stuff to vanilla js a lot. When I’m updating older Wordpress sites I find a lot of jQuery used for really basic js stuff.

[–] erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why do you need to convert away from jQuery?

I find it much easier to comprehend than vanilla. Is there a flaw in it or something?

[–] GnomeOnTheRange@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

As I’ve gotten better at JavaScript I find it’s a lot easier to accomplish most of the things plugins and themes in Wordpress use jQuery for. Most of the jQuery I’m replacing is simple DOM manipulation.