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JavaScript? Yes, but in moderation
A modern web application is obviously implemented in JavaScript and will generate its HTML on the client within the browser. It only communicates with the server by retrieving data in a JSON format from an HTTP/REST API endpoint - this, it seems, is the common wisdom of today. But are server-side HTML and progressive enhancement really out of date? Quite the contrary is true - we can use these technologies to create applications which are often much better than those which we could create with the Framework of the Week for creating single page apps.