The Vanilla JavaScript Toolkit

A collection of JavaScript methods, helper functions, plugins, boilerplates, polyfills, and learning resources.

Vanilla JS is a term for coding with native JavaScript features and browser APIs instead of frameworks and libraries.

🚀 The Vanilla JS Academy is back! The next session of the Vanilla JS Academy starts on May 6. Register today and make 2019 the year you learn to think in JavaScript.

Can you actually create a website without JS frameworks? Yes! Here's a collection of resources to get started.- Ed Rivas

Ooh this is handy: tons of common vanilla JS code snippets I Google regularly, all in one place- Andreas Wik

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