i absolutely hate how the modern web just fails to load if one has javascript turned off. i, as a user, should be able to switch off javascript and have the site work exactly as it does with javascript turned on. it’s not a hard concept, people.

but you ask candidates to explain “graceful degradation” and they’ll sit and look at you with a blank stare.

  • the_wiz@feddit.orgEnglish
    82·
    10 hours ago

    JavaScript is needed to actually build anything useful

    Tell this to the people who build things you would call today a “Webapp” with CGI written in C.

    • NigelFrobisher@aussie.zoneEnglish
      5·
      6 hours ago

      So many basic pages are still done as an SPA when they’d work fine as a postback form. It’s infuriating, but web development is rife with magic hammers.