Stimulus 1.0

I've been dabbling a bit lately trying to learn React so I can tinker around on some projects at work but, frankly, feel a bit overwhelmed by the largess of the language. Maybe I'll feel differently once I get my hands a bit dirtier but something about it feels daunting.

So, with that in mind, when I saw Basecamp's announcement of Stimulus, I was intrigued. It's a Javascript framework that is fundamentally tied to existing markup. The allure of this, to me, is that modifying an existing site to work with the offering is much more feasible than rewriting everything in an entirely different language. In their own words, "it's designed to augment your HTML with just enough behavior to make it shine."

Basecamp is, obviously, good at selling their creations as the best solution and I'm currently drinking their Kool-Aid. Maybe I'll feel differently if I actually tried to integrate this into a project but I'm loving it conceptually. In the end, it's worth learning more about.