What will the new framework next week be?
Personally, I haven't experienced that kind of "this is simpler" feeling since jQuery.
This is thrown around by each and every framework so much that this lost any meaning. What does it mean? Which of the 11 custom React elements (including Link, Form, Await) and 26 custom React hooks are "simplification and leans heavily into Web APIs"?
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As a side note, here's how it tells you to add a stylesheet to the app. So simple, much Web API: https://remix.run/docs/en/main/start/tutorial
import type { LinksFunction } from "@remix-run/node";
import appStylesHref from "./app.css";
export const links: LinksFunction = () => [
{ rel: "stylesheet", href: appStylesHref },
];- loader, action, component colocation
- code splitting without thinking about it
- automatic data revalidation on mutation
- useFetcher for optimistic updates
In terms of the fancier things (the react components) -- none of that is necessary. Personally, I don't use <Await> or <Defer> at all. Although it's nice to know that I need to pull some performance levers, I have those options.
One React component that I do use a lot is <Link>. The thing I love about it is that I can add a <Link prefetch="intent"> to it, and I'll get an near-instant page load when I click it.
The web APIs that I work with in Remix are Request, Response, Headers, Cookie and FormData.
Simplification compared to what?
A better alternative to what?
> In terms of the fancier things (the react components) -- none of that is necessary.
It doesn't matter if they are necessary or not, they are there in the framework.
> The web APIs that I work with in Remix are Request, Response, Headers, Cookie and FormData.
That's.... it? You call that "leans heavily into Web APIs"? Have you ever thought of what backend services do all day everyday? These are not "web apis". These are wrappers over HTTP.
It is still better than any React based framework.