Hey Nathan - AJAX (Async Javascript And XML) was a method of getting data onto a website without having to reload the page. Basically it was the beginning of modern frameworks, back when it was a brand new idea to have JS call your server and then render the new content itself. (JQuery also confused this a bit by making the $.ajax function, which was a fetch helper.) So yeah, in general AJAX was just an acronym for the idea of "use Javascript to load XML and use that to make rendering decisions". So basically what we do still, only now we use fetch or axios to make the call and often use JSON instead of XML.

Tailwind JIT does look really interesting. But I disagree with the cliche insult for Bootstrap, "that it makes every site look the same." You do have complete control over everything in Bootstrap, just like you do in Tailwind. I think it's mostly that most people either don't know or don't care about customizing Bootstrap's default theme and so just import it, copy in the default HTML template, and call it a day. Tailwind sites just hide how little people care about changing the default theme by providing less help applying it. The point is that they're different tools and they have different pros and cons to them (which is why I use both on a month-to-month basis). You can say "a table saw has more power than a hand saw" but that doesn't mean its the right tool for every job.

🙌 Thanks Hashnode and Clerk! It was a blast participating and it's great to be on the winners list!

Hi Eleftheria Batsou! My bad - I finished dev and in my excite to write the post forgot to make the repository public. Fixed - that link should work now.

Thanks so much, Hashnode. Really glad every week that I chose you to host my blog. I will really enjoy this java reward for my javascript article :)

Thanks for this comment Yuval Hazaz! I hope I didn't come across as a hater in the blog post - I think what you're doing with Amplication's develop loop is probably the most innovative solution of the bunch and I look forward most to checking back in with what you do there. Indeed, all of these projects (except maybe Bedrock, which is the odd one out here because of how it's productized) give me the same feeling as when I came across Apollo v2 or Prisma v1. You're all sitting on tremendous potential and I hope you make it 🚀!

Thanks for reading to the bottom of the article! I made Photo Tamer free this week in part to share it with folks during launch and in part because Apple makes it really hard to get set up to charge for an app... Grab it and check it out!