"Use the platform" sums it up nicely. We keep adding libraries by a simple npm install. It has become a basic go-to. But what if we could install less and use the platform? It gives us performance boosts, accessibility wins and, most of all, the future of the web is bright – as popovers, accordions, invoker commands and stylable selects are coming to the web. Some of them even already available.
Brecht De Ruyte is a self-taught front-end developer located in Belgium with a passion for UX and Design. During the day you can find him working at iO, a full service agency. Besides that, he is also a Google Developer Expert, Smashing Magazine writer and blog owner of utlitybend.com. He also participates in the W3C community: Open UI, CSS-next and WHATNOT.