It is rarely even a question anymore; deciding whether to use a JavaScript library on your next project typically goes without saying, the real question developers find themselves asking is which library should it be? However the decision to adopt any framework for a project should not be taken lightly and deserves a proper evaluation of requirements before making a decision based on assumptions. Often a library may ask of a developer, “Does the JavaScript library help me to write JavaScript?”, but shouldn’t they ask if the library helps them to learn JavaScript? Learning the syntax of your favourite JavaScript library does nothing for the developer’s understanding of the language itself or the impact on performance, memory, and reliability of their implementations. For this article, I will be looking at both sides of the argument, but hiding my bias will not be easy, my hope here is that perhaps a few developer’s may rethink their approach.