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It's advertised as a framework, but you won't see much of it. 99% of your code will be standard javascript, non-framework code. The framework remains in the background only making all the code you have written work together.

So far, my best experience in working with a framework.

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That's a very good point. Aurelia is a system. It gives you what you need to build an application as software. I think many developers realize that they don't need to learn how to use structural patterns, but they do need basic functionality, such as binding, and it needs to be invisible.

We've done amazing things with Aurelia. More and more, it's beginning to feel like an extension of HTTP wired directly into the UI. I'd like to think that it will become The Next Big Thing, but it will probably stay relegated to a lesser seen community of devs like those of the Django community. Architects, engineers and developers will love it while many may not realize just how beneficial an agnostic system really is.

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