Update #04: Frameworks and Custom Themes 👨💻
An awesome developer poll and other exciting news!
Hey there 👋,
Thanks for reading another BuildFaster newsletter! Like always, if you have any requests, feedback, or just want to say "hi", send me an email at brayden45.dev@gmail.com. I'd be happy to chat.
I polled 350+ developers on what front-end framework they 💗
A couple of days ago, I created a poll on IndieHackers asking developers what front-end framework they love.
Over night there was 100s of votes coming in and now that things have settled down, I've gotten over 350 🤩
At the time of writing this, the results are:
Shall we discuss more about these results?
🥇 React
So... let's state the obvious. React won the poll by a mile 🤷♂️
Below are what some users said about React.
I recently picked up React and it has been a delight. Have you ever tried a framework/language and found it just "clicked" with you? That's been my experience with React.
I personally like React for its simplicity, component system and JSX of course. I remember from the old PHP days where you could write PHP code within HTML and it's kinda taking me back
Great stuff overall. Very deserving of the top vote. 👏
🥈 VueJS
VueJS is super easy to learn and setup. All you need to develop with it is a CDN and an HTML file. I've tried Vue before and it was so simple to learn.
A comment with over 18 upvote by @reader says:
Vue, easy to start with and even easier to maintain your code base.
With that amount of upvotes, it's obviously no lie that Vue is quick to learn and use in development.
🥉 Many others...
The vote that took third place was "other". With 11% percent of the votes, that brings the total for "other" to 36 votes. I honestly was expecting this. There are many other great frameworks/libraries to use for developing apps and websites. I just couldn't cram them all into one poll. 😅
Some of the top ones were:
Svelte
Stimulus JS
Elm
NextJS
Overall, some great results from this poll. Did not expect this turnout. I plan to do these type of polls every once in a while. Let me know of what I should poll next by emailing me at brayden45.dev@gmail.com
Great discount on Lightning Blue News 💵
Lightning Blue News is a modern and easy-to-setup newsletter theme. It has tons of great features you can use to show off your newsletter such as a:
Sign up form
List of past posts
Testimonials section
And more!
To get 20% off, use the code "newsletter" or this discount link: https://gumroad.com/l/eiWEdR/newsletter
The sale only lasts for a few days so get it while you can!
Custom-made themes are coming 🥳
I've been waiting to tell you all this for so long! Custom themes are coming to BuildFaster! All you have to do is pay from Gumroad and fill out a form so I can create the HTML theme for you. This feature will hopefully come to BuildFaster.co in the next week or so.
Currently, I will focus on single-page designs for the custom themes. The different types I offer include:
Newsletter landing pages
App showcase pages
Portfolios
Have another suggestion? Let me know and I'd be happy to add it to the list!
Wrapping up 👋
Thanks for reading through BuildFaster's 4th newsletter! If you have a request for topics I should write about in the next issue, please send me an email at brayden45.dev@gmail.com and I'd be happy to include it!
Have a great weekend!
-Brayden
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