Steven Hilton<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@tomw" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tomw</span></a></span> I think you could (???) write modern, modularized <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/es6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>es6</span></a> and ship it to the browser now, using <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/importmaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>importmaps</span></a> to direct the browser to where your module files live. I haven't tried it yet, and the support may be limited, but... maybe that's The Future™.</p><p>That may eliminate <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/transpiling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>transpiling</span></a>, but we still have to deal with concatenation. With updated protocols like <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HTTP3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTTP3</span></a>, maybe multiple simultaneous connections will be less of a problem? </p><p>And then <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/minification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>minification</span></a>? I dunno man, maybe gzipping on the wire is good enough.</p><p>But I feel your pain. I'm hopeful for the future.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/javascript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>javascript</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/webdevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>webdevelopment</span></a></p><p>Also, I want native <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/css" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>css</span></a> loops. I think that's the last thing we need <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/preprocessors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>preprocessors</span></a> for.</p><p>I haven't worked with built-in web components, but that could be the answer to the "always a new framework" problem. But if it was, it prolly would have more uptake by now. </p><p>I honestly spend to much time thinking about this.</p>