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Really ancient web developers know that Javascript adds hardly anything to most web pages. Some HTML, CSS, a few iframes (or just frames!) and form POST, and you've got a web site that's faster than most of today's junk.

I think my reaction to modern Javascript is to just ... don't.




If only it was all about speed :-)

These days it's all about the customer/user. And that user wants functionality!


They want functionality, but they don't care if the functionality is brought to them with a SPA built on the latest JS fart or some older than two years stack.


I don't think users enjoy the return of loading gifs quite as much as SPA developers think they do.


100% of that functionality can be delivered using traditional backend. html, js, cs and jquery style js


While I love web/JS-only "apps", You are absolutely right! If you are not making a game like for example agar.io, you will be just fine with a static HTML page, or "old school" server rendered web app.




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