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by thitcanh 1889 days ago
You’re missing the point of the article entirely.

The author argues to NOT use fake anchor tags like <a href="#"> and then add functionality to it via JavaScript. Instead you should use <button type="button">.

Either way, JavaScript is required.

What you’re suggesting means your link is actually a link to another page, which works without JavaScript and that’s not the point of the article.