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devtesla wrote (edited )

Reply to comment by twovests in why do people use so much javascript and <div> by twovests

Using a web app framework to build a website means yea, you can use JavaScript to set where buttons are. I do believe it's mostly for like, calling a server to decide what text to out where

The div stuff is probably cruft, the sort of thing that could be removed but people don't because it might cause an issue that they wouldn't be able to catch because of all the different places html has to render

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twovests OP wrote

ah that makes sense

it feels cursed to say, but i guess html and css are to modern webdevs as bytecode are to other devs? i assume the compiler or JIT magic is trying to cut as much fat as possible, but i've rarely ever touched a compiled output

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