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No build with AlpineJs is now the future. I've been saying for many years that creating a "hello world" page that generates tens or even hundreds of thousands of files is kind of nuts. Every one of those files could be a security issue.
What's the advantage of AlpineJs vs baseline web technologies?
Scrolling through the simple intro examples, I would have implemented those with standard JS and DOM APIs just fine.
Implementing reactivity is a non-trivial task. With Alpine, you get Vue's without the rest of Vue.
WebComponents is a standard api and actually very simple.
Yeah ok.
To be fair, i have 3rd-party frames and js blocked on mobile. But cmon, not even the close button works without 3rd-party.
I'm rusted, but even i could implement that one properly in html and css only in half a hour.