Discord I get because it’s real time chat. Gmail I get less so, it has some real time chat stuff but the core functionality could be done with far less JS IMO. Maybe I just feel that way because I’m a JS minimalist. Unless the website’s core function needs JS(real time chat etc) I’m a firm believer you should be able to disable JS and the website should not break.
Is that really easier than just responding to clicking things server side? Again I fully understand there are some use cases where that’s just not possible but in my, admittedly limited, web development experience you can get a whole heck of a lot done server side with no JS at all
Discord I get because it’s real time chat. Gmail I get less so, it has some real time chat stuff but the core functionality could be done with far less JS IMO. Maybe I just feel that way because I’m a JS minimalist. Unless the website’s core function needs JS(real time chat etc) I’m a firm believer you should be able to disable JS and the website should not break.
It’s easier to just make one static web app that makes API calls so that’s what’s done.
Is that really easier than just responding to clicking things server side? Again I fully understand there are some use cases where that’s just not possible but in my, admittedly limited, web development experience you can get a whole heck of a lot done server side with no JS at all