| > Google Docs? A website > Every single core function of these apps could work—and work well!—without a single drop of JavaScript. ...what? I'd really love to live in a world where we could deploy an app like Google Docs or Discord without JS but that's just not the reality. > Most of what we build is links from one page to another, and form submissions that send data from the browser to the server. I'm not sure who the "we" being described here is, but it doesn't really describe the day to day of the web engineers in my circle. My cynical guess is the motivation for this piece is more rooted in advertising Chris' bootcamp and consulting services than it is sharing earnest expertise. >Discord-like apps have existed since before JavaScript did. Back in the 90’s, chat rooms where literally form elements that you typed into. You’d submit to the server, the page would update, and your post would be displayed. If you wanted to see new posts, you’d refresh the browser. I don't think this is the kind of thing I'd want to hear from someone I paid to improve my website :) |