Building Zero.js: A Minimal Reactive Framework

🚀 Built a JavaScript Reactive Framework from Scratch – Zero.js Over the past few weeks, I challenged myself to go beyond using frameworks and instead understand how they actually work internally. So I built Zero.js — a minimal reactive JavaScript framework inspired by React, Vue, and SolidJS, focused on learning core concepts like reactivity and dependency tracking. 🔧 What I built & learned: Fine-grained reactivity using signals Automatic dependency tracking with effects Derived state via computed Proxy-based reactive objects A React-like zState API Template binding using {{ }} syntax Direct DOM updates (no virtual DOM) A fully working Todo App using the framework 🎯 Why I built this This project was purely educational — to deeply understand: How modern frameworks manage state How reactivity systems work under the hood Design trade-offs in framework development 📌 The project is not published to npm yet and is meant for learning, experimentation, and understanding framework internals. 🧠 This experience gave me much more confidence in frontend fundamentals and made me a better React developer overall. 🔗 GitHub: https://lnkd.in/d5Z_DPwr I’d love feedback from developers who’ve built or studied frameworks — and I’m excited to keep learning 🚀 #JavaScript #FrontendDevelopment #WebDevelopment #React #LearningByBuilding #OpenSource #Engineering #Students #Frameworks

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