>>jQuery('#input').on('blur', function() { var inputValue = $(this).val();});
>>""input type='text' v-on='blur':"onBlur in your html file"""

>>That was two lines of code - but it separated the locations. Kind of a separation of duties in my mind.

>>So understanding Vue's event system is really not the big deal that you make sound like.

In fairness, the above constructs are simple enough, but compare to the VFP PEM Editor introduced over 20 years ago, or if you prefer code

PROCEDURE btndelete.Click
*---do work here

FWIW I first wrote code for the PDP11 in the late 1970s. Lack of legibility was justified by the need to fit programs into as little as 128 bytes. Then came TRSBasic showing why a 4GL is a massive uplift in legibility and accessibility. Fox, VB and Delphi added power but still were mostly recognizable to a 4GL programmer. Seems to me that more "modern" systems have headed back towards the arcane end of the spectrum.

Hank's point is that mature ecosystems encapsulate as many of the internal whirly bits as possible. Einstein used to talk about simplifying things without making them simpler. This encapsulation/simplification philosophy is honored by every discipline apart from law and IT, both of which seem to prefer the opposite direction that doesn't help customers AFAICS.

I know that some IT folk like delving into the engine- but that does not make it best practice since we ought to pay for our own hobbies. ;-)

Time for the next Dr Dave to deliver a long-overdue displacing event? ;-)