JavaScript Jabber Reinventing Web Development with Brisa: A Conversation with Aral Roca - JSJ 677
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May 15, 2025 In this engaging discussion, Aral Roca, an open-source enthusiast from Barcelona and the creator of Brisa, dives into reinventing web development. He shares how Brisa allows for minimal or zero client-side JavaScript, focusing on server-side actions and streaming HTML. The framework’s lightweight nature catches attention, with components that are incredibly small and efficient. Aral reveals future plans for multi-platform integration and improved features, tantalizing developers with endless possibilities in web frameworks.
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Brisa's Server-First Design
- Brisa enables building web apps with minimal or zero client-side JavaScript by leveraging server rendering and HTML streaming.
- Its architecture focuses on server-first interactions with optional tiny client web components for enhanced functionality.
Server Actions Drive Performance
- Server actions in Brisa handle events entirely on the server, capturing clicks, scrolls, and form inputs with event propagation.
- This approach removes the client-side event normalization and rendering overhead for faster app interactions via HTML streaming.
Manage State with Server Store
- Use Brisa's server-side store to fetch and share data during the request lifecycle for consistent state across components.
- Persist data by updating external databases inside server actions, and initialize store data on page render.
