Why building websites with lots of little HTML pages works better than JavaScript-heavy interactions
By
Jim Nielsen
Warm and crisp on the edges. A bagel with a bit of bite.
Summary
The author reflects on their approach to building websites using "Lots of Little HTML pages" (LLMs), advocating for avoiding JavaScript-heavy in-page interactions in favor of multi-page navigations using HTML, enhanced with CSS view transitions and minimal JavaScript. They describe this as a simpler, more robust approach to web development that prioritizes HTML fundamentals over complex client-side scripting.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledAvoid in-page interactions that require JavaScript in favor of multi-page navigations that rely on HTML and are enhanced with CSS view transitions (and a dash of JS if/where prudent).
I like it.
It doesn't 'expand' or 'slide out' or 'pop in' or whatever else you can do with JS. Instead, it navig
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