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throwaway66666 | 6 years ago

Javascript framework makers are the new rockstars. People want to be rockstars.

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scranglis|6 years ago

Not sure why this is being downvoted, it is at least a top two explanation for this phenomenon.

throwaway66666|6 years ago

Because it comes off as snarky and provides little value I would guess.

I would say that due to jQuery's explosion, framework writers went from geeky technical people to being looked at as heroes. Back in 2007 there was actually a big javascript framework war between jQuery and MooTools. Technical blogs left and right on why jquery is bad, or why mootools ecosystem sucks. It was weird to behold. I don't think I have seen in any other community such rivalry. Even later, when angular vs react vs ember became a thing, people had overly heated arguments about them. That's so odd. In the non-js world, people usually welcome the new approaches provided by new frameworks or question the usefulness of yet another new framework - and it stops there. I suppose framework writers are not rockstars in those communities :)