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Apps lighter than a React button

[tero] Tero Piirainen @tipiirai

On this release, we're showing what happens when you push modern web
standards -- HTML, CSS, and JS -- to their peak:

This entire app is lighter than a React/ShadCN button:

[react-button-vs-nue-spa-big]

See benchmark and details here >

 Going large-scale

Here's the same app, now with a Rust computation engine and Event
Sourcing for instant search and other operations over 150,000 records
-- far past where JS-version of the engine choked on recursive calls
over the records.

Instant operations across 150.000 records with Rust/WASM

This demo is here >

 Tooling

Nue crushes HMR and build speed records and sets you up with a
millisecond feedback loop for your everyday VSCode/Sublime file-save
operations:

Immediate feedback for design and component updates, preserving app
state

 

Here's what this means:

 For Rust, Go, and JS engineers

This is a game-changer for Rust, Go, and JS engineers stuck wrestling
with React idioms instead of leaning on timeless software patterns.
Nue emphasizes a model-first approach, delivering modular design with
simple, testable functions, true static typing, and minimal
dependencies. Nue is a liberating experience for system devs whose
skills can finally shine in a separated model layer.

 For Design Engineers

This is an important shift for design engineers bogged down by React
patterns and 40,000+ line design systems. Build radically simpler
systems with modern CSS (@layers, variables, calc()) and take control
of your typography and whitespace.

 For UX Engineers

This is a wake-up call for UX engineers tangled in React hooks and
utility class walls instead of owning the user experience. Build apps
as light as a React button to push the web -- and your skills --
forward.

 FAQ: WTH is Nue?

Nue is a web framework focused on web standards, currently in active
development. We aim to reveal the hidden complexity that's become
normalized in modern web development. When a single button outweighs
an entire application, something's fundamentally broken.

Nue drives the inevitable shift. We're rebuilding tools and
frameworks from the ground up with a cleaner, more robust
architecture. Our goal is to restore the joy of web development for
all key skill sets: frontend architects, design engineers, and UX
engineers.

What's next

We're improving the developer experience in three distinct
phases:

Nue roadmap

Join the mailing list to follow our progress and see how our vision
unfolds:

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