3 ms·
The article is specifically talking about web apps, not web sites. This usually assumes interactivity based on user interaction, which JavaScript certainly make
by underwater 11y ago
The article is specifically talking about web apps, not web sites. This usually assumes interactivity based on user interaction, which JavaScript certainly makes easier.
I don't know the specifics of the web app in question. But from the interview it sounds like a case of replacing fixation on one tool with another. For example she describes server generated HTML as a "pristine state."
No, JavaScript shouldn't be used for everything. But sometimes it is better than trying to abuse other technologies to do things they shouldn't do.
- roywiggins 11y agoThe "basic HTML" version of GMail still exists, it barely uses Javascript[1]. That counts as a webapp, right? That's how email "apps" worked on the internet for a decade before the one-page-app became feasible and popular. It looks like crap by current standards, but it works just fine. I wouldn't call its scriptlessness an "abuse" by any means- that's just how it used to be done. [1] there's a little bit that handles time zones, I think, but that's it... oh, and autocomplete and some alerts to catch you navigating away from an unsaved draft, that sort of thing.
- tyingq 11y agoThere's also a framebuster, and onclick handlers for the search button.