https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/tags/coding/Recent content in coding on James AlvarezHugoen-gbTue, 28 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/blog/javascriptfatigue/Tue, 28 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100https://jamesalvarez.co.uk/blog/javascriptfatigue/<p>Recently I had to spend a few hours updating a React project, and fixing breaking changes from all the new dependencies and upgrades on npm packages, and in timely fashion I came across this article discussing <a href="https://medium.com/@ericclemmons/javascript-fatigue-48d4011b6fc4">Javascript fatigue</a>.</p> <p>This point landed particularly hard, especially after spending more than an hour figuring out why my source maps were no longer working:</p> <blockquote> <p>Ultimately, the problem is that by choosing React (and inherently JSX), you’ve unwittingly opted into a confusing nest of build tools, boilerplate, linters, &amp; time-sinks to deal with before you ever get to create anything.</p>