After a decade of personal exuberance building SPAs, I've been heavily trending towards HTML first/only for several years now. I had to kill my excitement for Web Components in the cradle because they (until recently?) don't support decorative HTML-only uses.
In my mind there's a hard separation between website and web app.
If you're just a site, you don't need JS and should only use it for progressive enhancement.
Web apps I have no problem throwing a "You need JS to use this app" error.
Use the right tool for the job. JS is an awesome hammer, but it sucks as a screwdriver.
In my mind there's a hard separation between website and web app.
If you're just a site, you don't need JS and should only use it for progressive enhancement.
Web apps I have no problem throwing a "You need JS to use this app" error.
Use the right tool for the job. JS is an awesome hammer, but it sucks as a screwdriver.