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		usrbinbash on April 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An argument for a return to Web 1.0 "learning to hand code HTML" doesn't exclude using Javascript or CSS, or anything else for that matter.

flyingfences on April 14, 2022 | [–]

No, it doesn't, but the general idea is that scripts are supposed to supplement the base page, not needlessly replace effectively static pieces of it.

Mezzie on April 14, 2022 | [–]

I wrote a ton of CSS and early JS in Windows Notepad. Or ON PAPER if the computer(s) I had access to were in use.

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