Less JavaScript, More HTML: Building Faster, Simpler Web Apps

2025-09-16
Less JavaScript, More HTML:  Building Faster, Simpler Web Apps

The author argues that many projects over-rely on JavaScript to generate HTML, resulting in slower loading times, slower execution, increased fragility, and reduced readability. The article advocates for using HTML directly whenever possible, reserving JavaScript for enhancing interactivity. Examples of form submission and API responses illustrate the cleaner and more efficient approach of using HTML. The author concludes that this method leads to faster, simpler, and more reliable applications, although it requires a shift in development workflow towards more backend processing.

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