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We all knew these tricks and started from there back in the day. Don't you think they are way too hacky? and cause too many page refreshes? Have you ever mainta

We all knew these tricks and started from there back in the day. Don't you think they are way too hacky? and cause too many page refreshes? Have you ever maintained codes mixing server-side templating and JS scripts? And there are so many edge cases popping up so that you have to use JS anyway. Then you may ask why don't I use JS for everything then? JS is inevitable no matter how you and I hate it. "JS-Free" only makes sense for simple presentations.

lhorie 8y ago
Some things like the radio box trick are hacky, I agree, but many things are not. Personally, I like to strike a balance between old-school techniques and new technology (e.g. use CSS for hovers instead of instagram-style DOM manipulation via JS) To me, this whole thing about JS-Free is a backlash against overdoing things in JS, and it's as good time as any to rethink today's status quo, especially in regards to how many babies we have thrown out w/ the bath water when adopting JS-first technologies.