I think they meant 'can you do stuff other than sending data' - other things that you'd use javascript for that is not sending data/ajax. Validation and stuff.

I think they meant 'can you do stuff other than sending data' - other things that you'd use javascript for that is not sending data/ajax. Validation and stuff. I'm writing some extensions in what is essentially a 'local SPA' and I'd love to get rid of the inline onclick handlers and all their crufty syntax (but my last real experience working on the web was 20 years ago so my perspective is probably objectively primitive anyway).