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by grishka 90 days ago
One of my projects does have a complex UI and is built with zero runtime dependencies on the front end. It doesn't require JS at all for most of its functionality.

I just render as much as possible on the server and return commands like "hide the element with that ID" or "insert this HTML after element with that ID" in response to some ajax requests. Outside of some very specific interactive components, I avoid client-side rendering.
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skydhash 90 days ago
I agree with you. It’s baffling to see websites (not web apps) refusing to show anything if you disable JS. And a lot of such web apps don’t need to be SPA (GitHub,…)

SPA was mean for UI that relies on the client state mostly, not on the server data (figma and other kind of online editors).

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panstromek 90 days ago
That's good and arguably the right default for most websites.
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