The Page with No Code

Re:The Page with No Code by chadlavi on Saturday January 21, 2023 @11:49AM (#34467723)

Depends on what you're doing. Everyone uses the word "website" like it's just one type of thing. You DON'T need JavaScript for a website that has no interactability, like a personal blog with no comments or reactions features. You DO need it for... well, almost anything else you want to let the end user do.

I think a lot of these "you don't need JS" things you see out there are either (a) a sensible reminder that your JS-filled app doesn't have to do EVERYTHING with JavaScript (looking at you, JSS), (b) a contrarian "JS sucks" take, (c) an appeal to use outdated tech like PHP instead, or (d) just a clever way of getting attention on sites like hackernews.

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Re:The Page with No Code by jfoutz on Saturday January 21, 2023 @12:51PM (#34468354)

It’s funny you mention HN. With comments and voting and no js.

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Re:The Page with No Code by Stratoscope on Saturday January 21, 2023 @05:05PM (#34471099)

How do you think HN handles voting and collapsing threads without a page load?

It's this JavaScript that is loaded at the bottom of every page:

https://news.ycombinator.com/hn.js

There is a no-JS fallback. If you disable JS with uBlock Origin or whatever, then reload the page and try voting, you will see the page reload. But thread collapsing won't work at all.

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