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by krapp 3200 days ago
That javascript still must, at some point, no matter how complex, abstract or fancy it is, either call document.createElement or element.innerHTML.

Although I concede it's arguable whether or not this still counts as "just javascript," it's still true that, in the end, you wind up with just HTML, either machine generated or human generated.
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mrsernine 3199 days ago
Yes, in the end you end up with just HTML and CSS, but the library abstracts the developer away so well, he doesn't need to know about the DOM.

I'm not saying this is a perfect situation, but the truth is that html and css skills are somewhat less valuable for a web developer nowadays.

Just an example, this UI takes 35 lines of javascript code to be created using DHTMLX:

https://dhtmlx.com/docs/products/visualDesigner/live/?previe...

for those who want to play around:

https://dhtmlx.com/docs/products/visualDesigner/live/#c403w3

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