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I don't like that site, the information density is too low. The gist has one resource per line, much more useful.
I'm sorry you don't like it. But I assure you there are hidden gems on my site that you won't find in the gist (even though it's an absolutely fantastic list - great work dypsilon).
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I'm sorry you don't like it. But I assure you there are hidden gems on my site that you won't find in the gist (even though it's an absolutely fantastic list - great work dypsilon).
Hidden? Isn't it your job as curator to make them not hidden?
My job is to develop features that facilitate people finding exactly what they're looking for, and ideally things they aren't looking for and don't even know exist. That's a difficult challenge though, while still retaining engagement features like comments to discuss resources, proper categorization of favorites, etc. I started a wiki to help with this but it's only maybe 25% complete. There are plenty of other ways on the site to help with that though.
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You don't actually mention anything that's wrong with any of the libraries. Most of them seem well written. So why would the web need a fresh start?
It's not so much the libraries themselves as the very need for all of them. I'm a fairly new front-end developer (for anything complicated, that is), and the browser as a platform can't help but feel like what it is, some good ideas with a lot of hacks and inconsistent philosophies accreted over time. It's a pain in the butt, even something like a two-column layout without tables. And that's just to get it working in…
The reason there are so many solutions to problems is that there are lots and lots of problems. The common stuff we all need is put into one library (eg jQuery). Some types if applications need frameworks so we get Backbone, Angular, or Ember. There's a thousand other types of micro issues that are common enough to need small, reusable solutions.
Combine all of that with hundreds of thousands of inherently creative and inventive people and we end up with multiple solutions to the same problems. Eventually we coalesce around a few of the best tools and move on to new problems.
Just pick what you need to get a job done and don't worry about trying to learn everything.
Seeing this mess again tells me that there's something fundamentally wrong with the web or at least with the standardized technologies that are supposed to solve the problem of frontend development (namely HTML, CSS and JS). I think the web really needs a fresh start before I would even consider becoming a web developer (I'm a CS student atm)
Front end tools aren't perfect but that's why they've been iterated upon. And what language doesn't have shortcomings? It's amazing that people have created these tools that are flexible enough to be used in seemingly infinite ways without being too narrowly focused or being all things to all people.
But I think I'm getting ahead of myself. Where's the mess you're talking about? This is a common thing to say among non web devs but I never can get any specifics. If you approach front end development the way you would back end or desktop development you're going to have problems. It's a totally different way of thinking.
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Hidden? Isn't it your job as curator to make them not hidden?
I don't know what planet you live on. That's like saying stack overflow is in charge of making sure every excellent question/post is seen, or reddit, or hacker news... My job is to develop features that facilitate people finding exactly what they're looking for, and ideally things they aren't looking for and don't even know exist. That's a difficult challenge though, while still retaining engagement features like com…
Well, they do. Reddit and HN has their ranking system, Stack Overflow has single-handedly made Google useful for fixing tech problems. Not really sure what planet you're living on if you don't think curation is important. Your site is too small for there to be a critical mass of votes to make it useful, and it will never get big enough for it to be useful if people don't have a compelling reason to visit.
Well it is a nice list but, it's a list, again. By that I mean you either find compilation list like that or full stack framework but what a would personally find more useful would sets of cohesive tools, end-to-end. Sure there are boilerplates out there but what I frustrating is that you hardly find "full stack" one. For instance what about a boilerplate for django + django-rest-framework + backbone.js + marionette…
I agree. Even if I didn't agree with all the choices, to see what works well together (and have explanations of why these were chosen by the author, not an arrogant "this is my list, use it") would be great.
If you think something is missing, please send a pull request.
Well it is a nice list but, it's a list, again. By that I mean you either find compilation list like that or full stack framework but what a would personally find more useful would sets of cohesive tools, end-to-end. Sure there are boilerplates out there but what I frustrating is that you hardly find "full stack" one. For instance what about a boilerplate for django + django-rest-framework + backbone.js + marionette…
Web development newbie here: I seriously used to think that such a thing would already exist, a thing like Visual Studio that included all the guts out of the box, and including back end in addition to the front end.
From the author of http://roots.cx , much love and thanks for including us! We're working super hard on pushing roots further than we've seen any other static site compiler go, so if you are into static sites we'd love to talk : )
Another excellent development resource list is pineapple.io: http://pineapple.io/