Replacing JavaScript with Just HTML
Replacing JS with just HTMLby Aaron T. Grogg published on Dec 27, 2025For many years now, JavaScript has been the workhorse of the web. If you wanted to do something that couldn’t be done with just HTML and CSS, you could usually find a way to do it with JS.And that is great! JS has helped push user experiences forward, and honestly helped push HTML and CSS forward!But as time marches on, and the HTML and CSS methods gain traction, we need to start replacing the old JS methods that feel so comfy with new methods that require less JS.Nothing against JS, but it has better things to do than setup and manage your accordions or offscreen navigation menus… Plus, JS needs to be downloaded, decompressed, evaluated, processed, and then often consumes memory to monitor and maintain features. If…
