Minimalist Mastro Framework Offers Modern Take on MPAs

There’s not much that can go wrong at 700 lines of code, according to computer scientist and frontend developer Mauro Bieg.

“If I’ve learned anything as a software dev, it’s that fewer lines of code are better,” Bieg told The New Stack. “Fewer things that can go wrong, fewer things to maintain.”

That’s why Bieg created Mastro, a modern JavaScript meta-framework designed to build multipage apps (MPAs). Its core is approximately 700 lines of TypeScript, he said. It’s a great framework for beginning developers and veterans who…