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Fireship covers RippleJS, a new TypeScript UI framework from Dominic Gannaway, ex-React and Svelte core team member.

  • Dominic Gannaway built Inferno (~2015), joined Facebook’s React core team in 2016, then Vercel’s Svelte core team in 2023.
  • RippleJS is a compiler-driven TypeScript view library using a JSX superset with statement syntax (if/for loops in templates).
  • Reactivity uses a track function with @-prefixed reads/writes and fine-grained DOM updates, similar to Solid.js.
  • Ships with Prettier, ESLint, VS Code extension (syntax highlighting + IntelliSense), and full TypeScript type checking out of the box.
  • Scoped CSS via a style element inside components, similar to Svelte’s approach.
  • Framework is brand new as of November 2025; real-world adoption unproven.

2025-11-06 · Watch on YouTube

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