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		qhungg289 on Jan 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Alpine.js I would say you better start with using JS to manually manipulate the DOM, then start with a framework later.

earthboundkid on Jan 13, 2023 [–]

I agree that you should start with vanilla JS, but Alpine is a good follow up because it just adds conventions around what you'd be doing in vanilla JS anyway.

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