import{_ as e,o as i,c as a,ae as s}from"./chunks/framework.C8AWLET_.js";const c=JSON.parse('{"title":"Why SigPro?","description":"","frontmatter":{},"headers":[],"relativePath":"guide/why.md","filePath":"guide/why.md"}'),l={name:"guide/why.md"};function n(r,t,o,h,d,g){return i(),a("div",null,[...t[0]||(t[0]=[s(`<h1 id="why-sigpro" tabindex="-1">Why SigPro? <a class="header-anchor" href="#why-sigpro" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;Why SigPro?&quot;">​</a></h1><p>After years of building applications with React, Vue, and Svelte—investing countless hours mastering unique mental models, proprietary syntaxes, and complex build tools—we reached a realization: the web platform has evolved, but frameworks have become layers of abstraction that often move us further away from the browser.</p><p><strong>SigPro</strong> is the answer to a simple question: <strong>Why fight the platform when we can embrace it?</strong></p><h2 id="the-modern-web-is-ready" tabindex="-1">The Modern Web is Ready <a class="header-anchor" href="#the-modern-web-is-ready" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;The Modern Web is Ready&quot;">​</a></h2><p>SigPro bypasses the overhead of the Virtual DOM and heavy compilers by using modern browser primitives. It treats the DOM as a first-class citizen, not as a side effect of a state change.</p><table tabindex="0"><thead><tr><th style="text-align:left;">Browser Primitive</th><th style="text-align:left;">What It Enables</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:left;"><strong>Closures &amp; Proxies</strong></td><td style="text-align:left;">Automatic dependency tracking without heavy overhead.</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left;"><strong>ES Modules</strong></td><td style="text-align:left;">Native modularity and lazy loading without complex bundlers.</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left;"><strong>Direct DOM APIs</strong></td><td style="text-align:left;">Surgical updates that are faster than any reconciliation algorithm.</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:left;"><strong>Microtask Queues</strong></td><td style="text-align:left;">Batching updates efficiently to ensure 60fps performance.</td></tr></tbody></table><hr><h2 id="the-sigpro-philosophy" tabindex="-1">The SigPro Philosophy <a class="header-anchor" href="#the-sigpro-philosophy" aria-label="Permalink to &quot;The SigPro Philosophy&quot;">​</a></h2><p>SigPro strips away the complexity, delivering a reactive programming model that feels like a framework but stays remarkably close to Vanilla JS:</p><ul><li><strong>No JSX transformations</strong> – Pure JavaScript functions.</li><li><strong>No Virtual DOM</strong> – Direct, fine-grained DOM manipulation.</li><li><strong>No proprietary syntax</strong> – If you know JS, you know SigPro.</li><li><strong>Zero Build Step Required</strong> – It can run directly in the browser via ESM.</li></ul><div class="language-javascript vp-adaptive-theme"><button title="Copy Code" class="copy"></button><span class="lang">javascript</span><pre class="shiki shiki-themes github-light github-dark vp-code" tabindex="0"><code><span class="line"><span style="--shiki-light:#6A737D;--shiki-dark:#6A737D;">// Pure, Atomic, Reactive.</span></span>
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