---
title: "HTML is all you need to make a website"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/html-is-all-you-need-to-make-a-website-y8fkchbia
source_url: https://whitep4nth3r.com/blog/html-is-all-you-need-to-make-a-website/
type: article
source: "Community Picks"
published: 2022-08-17T13:28:53.255Z
updated: 2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z
tags: ["javascript", "performance", "css", "html", "tiktok"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 111
comments: 30
language: en
---

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# HTML is all you need to make a website

**[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 3 min read · 111 upvotes · 30 comments

## Summary

At the dawn of Web 1.0, there was only HTML. At the heart of every website is pure, unadulterated HTML. The first website ever is still online, and yes — it's just HTML.

## Full article

daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: <https://whitep4nth3r.com/blog/html-is-all-you-need-to-make-a-website/>

## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@cyberduck78** · 11 upvotes

> Just seems to be yet another controversial (clickbait) elitist and purist opinion about "all that tools you don't need (for noobs, I'm not a noob, I'm a real programmer, please subscribe) and less is more (I'm such a philosopher, please subscribe)".

**@tugrulyildirim** · 6 upvotes

> That's cool, but I will use JS and CSS anyway. Thanks for sharing !

**@fuadpashayev** · 4 upvotes

> HTML without css and js means the human with only skeleton, no organs, no skin, nothing.

**@abser** · 3 upvotes

> Web pages should be readable, not flashy animations and trigger conditions

**@lin\_du** · 2 upvotes

> - HTML => You can make a website 20 years ago
> - HTML + CSS => You can make a website 10 years ago
> - HTML + CSS + JavaScript => You can make a modern website

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Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#html](https://daily.dev/tags/html), [#tiktok](https://daily.dev/tags/tiktok)

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