Javascript framework hype

Have you also wondered why more and more big JavaScript frameworks have appeared in the last few years, often sponsored by well-known companies and offering somewhat interesting concepts, but not having much in common with the original JavaScript?

Did you have the impression that completely new worlds were developed there, as if you had to learn a new language?

Did you have the impression that development used to be much easier and more intuitive before these frameworks appeared?

Does it annoy you that you write code that has not much to do with the code that is executed in the browser? Would you rather just be able to run and debug your code in the browser?

Do you prefer to choose the libraries you need and combine them into your own project?

Have you considered building your own lightweight framework and adding the libraries you need?

If you find yourself somewhere in the questions here, you might really like Sipa.

Why Sipa?

I just want to develop with Javascript: The code I write IS the code I run in the browser.

Writing Javascript and HTML the old way, but using the latest, modern JavaScript! So I can directly run and debug my code in the browser without any special tools. Instantly!

No modules! Really? Really!

Intensive transpiling is not even necessary, you can deploy 1:1 your code if you want to. But of course you can transpile the project for uglifying and minifying/compressing your code using the production build feature. I can even create a single file production build out of the box!

I don't want to learn a new framework world. I can JavaScript, I want to do JavaScript. I want it simple, I want it stupid easy. So I can add whatever library I want if I need to.

Even a component system is provided. But it doesn't need transpiling and can be used or introduced separately in other projects without even using Sipa itself! And it has no language of its own, it uses EJS, so it's just pure JavaScript!

A framework that gives me a frame, but doesn't force me into it.

... and in the end I want to be a happy programmer (again)! 😊

Main features

• Solid basic project structure
• Simple but powerful page pattern structure with loader / router
• Live development web server for JavaScript and SCSS
• Life cycle with hook feature
• Internationalization out of the box
• Global state storage to keep state on three different persistence levels
• Builder to (optionally) create compressed and minified .js and .css for production
• EJS template engine included
• Easy and powerful SipaComponent in pure JavaScript to encapsulate logic
• Good old jQuery