My Attempt to Recreate Angular / React in 50 Lines of JS
A simple react / angular clone. Well, that's the end goal anyway. Just an experiment. - zackify/Simpler
My Attempt to Recreate Angular / React in 50 Lines of JS launched on December 2, 2014 with 11 votes and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 11 years on.
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Simpler is an experimental JavaScript framework that attempts to recreate core functionality of Angular and React in approximately 50 lines of code. It is designed for developers interested in understanding how popular frontend frameworks work under the hood. The project demonstrates fundamental concepts of reactive programming and component-based architecture in a stripped-down format.
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