The State of Disappearing Frameworks in 2023

Juho Vepsäläinen, Arto Hellas, Petri Vuorimaa

2023

Abstract

Disappearing frameworks represent a new type of thinking for web development. In the current mainstream JavaScript frameworks, the focus has been on developer experience at the cost of user experience. Disappearing frameworks shift the focus by aiming to deliver as little, even zero, JavaScript to the client. In this paper, we look at the options available in the ecosystem in mid-2023 and characterize them in terms of functionality and features to provide a state-of-the-art view of the trend. We found that the frameworks rely heavily on compilers, often support progressive enhancement, and most of the time support static output. While solutions like Astro are UI library agnostic, others, such as Marko, are more opinionated.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Vepsäläinen J., Hellas A. and Vuorimaa P. (2023). The State of Disappearing Frameworks in 2023. In Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST; ISBN 978-989-758-672-9, SciTePress, pages 232-241. DOI: 10.5220/0012174000003584

in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist23,
author={Juho Vepsäläinen and Arto Hellas and Petri Vuorimaa},
title={The State of Disappearing Frameworks in 2023},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST},
year={2023},
pages={232-241},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012174000003584},
isbn={978-989-758-672-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST
TI - The State of Disappearing Frameworks in 2023
SN - 978-989-758-672-9
AU - Vepsäläinen J.
AU - Hellas A.
AU - Vuorimaa P.
PY - 2023
SP - 232
EP - 241
DO - 10.5220/0012174000003584
PB - SciTePress