Tim Kadlec • 1/31/2014

Smart Defaults: On Libraries & Frameworks

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The article analyzes the reaction to the 'You Might Not Need jQuery' website, using it as a springboard to discuss developers' over-reliance on libraries and frameworks. It argues that while libraries are valuable, they should not be an automatic default, as they add significant page weight and parsing time, impacting performance, especially on mobile devices. The author cites HTTPArchive data and performance research to support the case for more deliberate dependency choices.

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