Less framework, more web : Rediscovering the Power Of Native JavaScript
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For years, frameworks and libraries filled the gaps in what browser couldn't do before - and provided room for experimentation on the web platform. But what if your best friend, and your best framework is the platform itself? From native ES modules and web components, Popover API to new HTML elements such as <dialog> and <details>, and so much more, much of what once required a framework/library now comes built-in on the web. You can now build interactive, accessible and performant web apps that stay light and lightning-fast (without actually relying on a framework for every single thing you do!). We will have a detailed walkthrough of these modern platform capabilities replacing common framework patterns: Popover API, <details> and <summary>, Navigation API, Web Components.
In this talk, we will explore how to harness these native capabilities and see how to go web-first and framework-next. This is not an anti-framework talk; it's about using frameworks strategically instead of 'by default'. We will see which problems the platform now solves natively and see how web apps remain light, performant.
Key takeaways:
Target audience:
Frontend developers, engineers, web architects, and literally anyone building or maintaining web apps.
In this talk, we will explore how to harness these native capabilities and see how to go web-first and framework-next. This is not an anti-framework talk; it's about using frameworks strategically instead of 'by default'. We will see which problems the platform now solves natively and see how web apps remain light, performant.
Key takeaways:
- Learn which modern web APIs replace common framework-only use cases and walk away with actionable ideas to simplify your stack.
- Gain insights on how to cut bundle size; when to lean on frameworks/libraries and when not to.
Target audience:
Frontend developers, engineers, web architects, and literally anyone building or maintaining web apps.
Ananya Kittane Yogananda
Samsung R&D Institute UK (Samsung Electronics)
Ananya is a Senior Engineer – Web Standards Technologist at Samsung R&D Institute UK (Samsung Electronics) where she works closely with several W3C working groups – including Web Applications, Devices and Sensors, Accessible Platform Architecture, and Web DX – to help shape the capabilities of the modern web. Her work sits at the intersection of standards development, and developer advocacy.
Before stepping into the standards world, she was a front-end engineer building high-performant, user-centric web applications with React and Angular for major clients. Having lived on both sides of the table – as a developer who consumes the platform and now as someone who helps define it – she brings unique perspective on how the web evolves and why certain decisions are made. She writes code, and now a whole bunch of standards too. Outside of work, you will find her travelling or jamming to some cool music.
Before stepping into the standards world, she was a front-end engineer building high-performant, user-centric web applications with React and Angular for major clients. Having lived on both sides of the table – as a developer who consumes the platform and now as someone who helps define it – she brings unique perspective on how the web evolves and why certain decisions are made. She writes code, and now a whole bunch of standards too. Outside of work, you will find her travelling or jamming to some cool music.