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.

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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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