vanilla-todo | case study on viable techniques | Application Framework library

vanilla-todo is a JavaScript library typically used in Server, Application Framework, Spring applications. vanilla-todo has no bugs, it has no vulnerabilities, it has a Permissive License and it has medium support. You can download it from GitHub.

A TeuxDeux clone in plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript (no build steps). It's fully animated and runs smoothly at 60 FPS with a total transfer size of 44KB (unminified). More importantly, it's a case study showing that vanilla web development is viable in terms of maintainability, and worthwhile in terms of user experience (100% faster loads and 90% less bandwidth in this case). There's no custom framework invented here. Instead, the case study was designed to discover minimum viable patterns that are truly vanilla. The result is maintainable, albeit verbose and with considerable duplication. If anything, the case study validates the value of build steps and frameworks, but also demonstrates that standard web technologies can be used effectively and there are only a few critical areas where a vanilla approach is clearly inferior (especially in browser testing).