“Why would you supplant native HTML/CSS capabilities with sap.ui.commons.TextView”
Because “The DOM is a Mess”.
SAPUI5 works across devices desktop, tablet and smartphone. Thinks about browser regressions (removing or changing unspecified APIs), missing features (typically older browsers missing specific features), browser bugs and differences.
Using the Facade pattern, protects frameworks/libraries against those problems, the best example is the jQuery library.
Why would you supplant native DOM APIs with jQuery?
Because “The DOM is a Mess”.
SAPUI5 works across devices desktop, tablet and smartphone. Thinks about browser regressions (removing or changing unspecified APIs), missing features (typically older browsers missing specific features), browser bugs and differences.
Using the Facade pattern, protects frameworks/libraries against those problems, the best example is the jQuery library.
Why would you supplant native DOM APIs with jQuery?