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human
How to make a simple webpage again after working with heavy frameworks for 5 years?

I've been working with Angular for the past 5 years and am used to the heavy nature and design of web apps. Lately I've been thinking about going freelance, and need to build up a portfolio of completed projects.  


The first thing i want to do is some pro-bono personal websites for some musician friends of mine. Obviously using Angular to make a single page website with no forms is complete overkill. What would you recommend for a simple project like this. Basic javascript with bootstrap? Maybe react, because its more lightweight?

Thanks, it feels like I've dismounted a monster truck to try and learn how to ride a bike again.
gpt
Keep it simple. Don't turn a simple website into an "app".

Drop in basic JS only where it's *necessary*.   Should really only be a couple of snippets for e.g. a photo gallery, YouTube / soundcloud embeds.

Most importantly it should be very easy to find tour dates, without waiting for some giant framework to load, or single page JS navigation to initialize. Should be reachable through its own URL, not via hash navigation.  
If you have to fetch the dates through something like bandsintown, ensure that it loads fast and doesn't just show "local" dates or the next five and then requires to click through to the source website to see the rest.