Building Node.js applications without dependencies

• node

  927 103,799 9.9 JavaScript

  Node.js JavaScript runtime ✨🐢🚀✨

  

If you’re OK importing node’s internal modules [0], which I believe are loaded anyway, you could achieve a lot, though it definitely wouldn’t be worth it.

No developer is an island. [1]

[0] https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/main/lib/internal

[1] https://youtu.be/TY9xsT6S75A?si=uqPUuxKNl_1vqMhm

• monorepo-template-react

  2 56 6.7 TypeScript

  A template capable of server-side rendering, generating static pages, serving single-page applications, and providing an API.

  

We've made a starter template with minimal dependencies available at https://github.com/stormkit-io/monorepo-template-react. Instead of opting for frameworks like next.js, you have the flexibility to use this template, which is platform-agnostic.We have another template built with htmx, outlined in detail at https://stormkit.io/blog/building-dynamic-web-applications-w.... You can find the corresponding template at https://github.com/stormkit-io/vite-handlerbar-htmx. I mainy work with Ruby and Go. I have some Nodejs projects like discord bot and whenever I update my dependencies something breaks. I find that managing dependencies in ruby and go is comparatively smoother for me.

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• vite-handlerbar-htmx

  1 2 5.3 TypeScript

  Vitejs handlerbarjs and htmx to implement infinite scrolling with api

  

We've made a starter template with minimal dependencies available at https://github.com/stormkit-io/monorepo-template-react. Instead of opting for frameworks like next.js, you have the flexibility to use this template, which is platform-agnostic.We have another template built with htmx, outlined in detail at https://stormkit.io/blog/building-dynamic-web-applications-w.... You can find the corresponding template at https://github.com/stormkit-io/vite-handlerbar-htmx. I mainy work with Ruby and Go. I have some Nodejs projects like discord bot and whenever I update my dependencies something breaks. I find that managing dependencies in ruby and go is comparatively smoother for me.

• ffts

  2 524 0.0 C++

  The Fastest Fourier Transform in the South

You might as well assume (c) whenever you use a library provided free of charge. Be prepared to either fix the bugs yourself or make sure there are alternatives you can use as a replacement. Even if the author is responsive now, there's no guarantee you'll get help once your code is in production a few months later. The library might even be archived at that point.

Lets say you've used FFTS, the Fastest Fourier Transform in the South [0]. Performance is spectacular, but now it's no longer supported and you find a bug. The code is impressive: Thousands of lines of code that dynamically generate SIMD instructions. But it's impossible to understand. You have chosen a library you cannot repair yourself. This is fine when there's alternatives, and there are for FFTs, and they are easy to swap out. If you can't easily swap out one library with another, you better make sure that you can repair it yourself.

[0] https://github.com/anthonix/ffts

• ollama-html-ui

  2 3 8.6 JavaScript

  HTML UI for Ollama. Minimal & responsive UI: mobile & desktop. Cross-browser support. Simple installation: host on your own server, run in your browser.

- Markdown rendering

The code can be found here: https://github.com/christianhellsten/ollama-html-ui/

• parcel

  169 43,115 9.4 JavaScript

  The zero configuration build tool for the web. 📦🚀

  

I’ve tried something similar on the frontend side: I decided to build a UI for Ollama.ai using only HTML, CSS, and JS (Single-Page Application). The goal is to learn something new and have zero runtime dependencies on other projects and NPM modules. Only Node and Parcel.js (https://parceljs.org/) are needed during development for serving files, bundling, etc. The only runtime dependency is a modern browser.

Here's what I have found so far:

- JavaScript (vanilla) is a viable alternative to React.js

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