(rant) Is there ANY framework or toolkit that isnt outrageously difficult to configure before you even write a single line of code?

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  • astro

    The web framework for content-driven websites. ⭐️ Star to support our work!

    there is a pushback happening with some newer frameworks like Astro.build trying to simplify things.

  • greenwood

    Greenwood is your full-stack workbench for the web, focused on supporting modern web standards and development to help you create your next project.

    It doesn't have to be that way! I've come to realize a lot of what makes modern development great is things like scaffolding, dev servers and live reloading, and simple commands to bundle and package the site, but without all the overhead of a full client side library or framework. I created [**GreenwoodJS**](https://www.greenwoodjs.io/) because I did want all those nice (local) developer experiences, but just wanted to _write and ship_ modern and vanilla HTML / CSS / JS, starting with a simple _index.html_ if that's all I needed. This also helps reduce the overhead of a (much larger) pile of _node_modules_ that becomes yours the second you do an `npm install`. :)

  • SurveyJS

    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.

  • html5-boilerplate

    A professional front-end template for building fast, robust, and adaptable web apps or sites.

    I find angular cli pretty straight forward, for smaller projects I like html5 boilerplate

  • Next.js

    The React Framework

    I can't imagine how a web app setup could be easier than nextJS.

  • pages-gem

    A simple Ruby Gem to bootstrap dependencies for setting up and maintaining a local Jekyll environment in sync with GitHub Pages

  • Vue.js

    This is the repo for Vue 2. For Vue 3, go to https://github.com/vuejs/core

    If you find yourself banging your head on a problem, stop and consult the docs. If you still aren't finding an answer, ask on stack overflow or look for or post an issue in the repo.

  • htm

    Hyperscript Tagged Markup: JSX alternative using standard tagged templates, with compiler support.

    htm instead of jsx

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  • codesandbox-client

    An online IDE for rapid web development

    Also, if you just want to jam on something with absolutely no frills, I use https://codesandbox.io/. It's absolutely rad and I think they have a Vue template.

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