--- title: VanillaJS: You Might Not Need A Library | daily.dev description: Learn about Vanilla JavaScript, the basics of DOM selection, converting a NodeList to an array, using fetch to get information from the internet, defining a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/vanillajs-you-might-not-need-a-library-hyq1t29os twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: VanillaJS: You Might Not Need A Library | daily.dev og:description: Learn about Vanilla JavaScript, the basics of DOM selection, converting a NodeList to an array, using fetch to get information from the internet, defining a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/vanillajs-you-might-not-need-a-library-hyq1t29os og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/HYQ1T29OS.png og:image:alt: VanillaJS: You Might Not Need A Library og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # VanillaJS: You Might Not Need A Library **[AWS Tip](https://daily.dev/sources/awstip)** · 5 min read · 108 upvotes · 7 comments ## Summary Learn about Vanilla JavaScript, the basics of DOM selection, converting a NodeList to an array, using fetch to get information from the internet, defining a router in JavaScript, working with Shadow DOM, HTML templates, and template literals, and using proxies for reactive programming. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@orcdev** · 6 upvotes > Thanks for this one. Many people come and start learning about React, Next.js etc Without ever writing some simple JavaScript code. > > Learning path should be something like this for Frontend: > JavaScript -> TypeScript -> React > > Backend: > JavaScript -> TypeScript -> Node.js **@kyoukhana** · 2 upvotes > All these frameworks are overloaded with dependencies. I like this article because its a very simple approach. Look at ASTRO. Yea its cool but look at the dependencies it uses its nuts. **@perseon** · 1 upvotes > with emphasis on *might* . Lack of experience and vanilla js is guaranteed to blow in your face. **@endallframeworks** · 0 upvotes > A good JS library enhances native functionality, saves you from common pitfalls, and doesn't tie you up with a mess of other dependencies. 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Many people come and start learning about React, Next.js etc Without ever writing some simple JavaScript code.\nLearning path should be something like this for Frontend:\nJavaScript -> TypeScript -> React\nBackend:\nJavaScript -> TypeScript -> Node.js","datePublished":"2024-03-13T11:44:50.401Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/HYQ1T29OS#c-66RiofqW1","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"OrcDev","url":"https://daily.dev/orcdev","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7549148?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":6}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"All these frameworks are overloaded with dependencies. I like this article because its a very simple approach. Look at ASTRO. 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Lack of experience and vanilla js is guaranteed to blow in your face.","datePublished":"2024-03-13T12:39:04.018Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/HYQ1T29OS#c-WJHRjs4r6","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Ovidiu Manta","url":"https://daily.dev/perseon"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"A good JS library enhances native functionality, saves you from common pitfalls, and doesn’t tie you up with a mess of other dependencies. Good libraries are better for most people most of the time.","datePublished":"2024-03-14T00:13:58.471Z","dateModified":"2024-03-14T00:26:41.237Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/HYQ1T29OS#c-0cJ3WSXv8","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"end all frameworks","url":"https://daily.dev/endallframeworks","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/AEdFTp55st6FFoRy1GBNu7b69FjoDvjMEGYOymou52JWbA=s96-c"}}]} ```