--- title: You don't need JavaScript for that | daily.dev description: The article discusses the rule of least power in web development, which advocates for choosing the least powerful language suitable for a given purpose. It... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/you-don-t-need-javascript-for-that-ghdrvlg6e twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: You don't need JavaScript for that | daily.dev og:description: The article discusses the rule of least power in web development, which advocates for choosing the least powerful language suitable for a given purpose. It... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-don-t-need-javascript-for-that-ghdrvlg6e og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GhDRVLG6E.png og:image:alt: You don't need JavaScript for that og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # You don't need JavaScript for that **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 13 min read · 285 upvotes · 14 comments ## Summary The article discusses the rule of least power in web development, which advocates for choosing the least powerful language suitable for a given purpose. It highlights examples of using native HTML and CSS instead of JavaScript, such as creating custom switches, using the datalist element for autosuggest, utilizing the native color picker, implementing accordions, and using dialog modals. The article also mentions future features that will further reduce the need for JavaScript. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@olanetsoft** · 1 upvotes > Thanks for sharing **@johnkatmj** · 1 upvotes > Nice article. Thanks for sharing **@73m3r007** · 1 upvotes > Amazing! **@hectorzr** · 1 upvotes > This is an awesome resource. A lot of knowledge not everyone out there knows or even cares about **@nityamas** · 1 upvotes > Excellent post about reducing the amount of js and trying to use more html and css instead. I like that the user is still looking for ways to cut down on or eliminate js. 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Thanks for sharing","datePublished":"2023-12-07T05:50:37.764Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/GhDRVLG6E#c-HC99MhDhq","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Johnkat Mj","url":"https://daily.dev/johnkatmj","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--0UfJY2aL--/f_auto,q_auto/v1695667588/avatars/avatar_RIu9fterrYq3xlY4PaECm"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Amazing!","datePublished":"2023-12-07T14:45:25.060Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/GhDRVLG6E#c-4qV25zVM9","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Petar Kolev","url":"https://daily.dev/73m3r007","image":"https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a/ALm5wu2jEq5qaVO1BG0L8GwAdGz9J_o38qWtlBBuxZEymQ=s96-c"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"This is an awesome resource. A lot of knowledge not everyone out there knows or even cares about","datePublished":"2023-12-06T14:00:20.121Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/GhDRVLG6E#c-P7kx6ES21","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Hector Zurga","url":"https://daily.dev/hectorzr","image":"https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/35118597?v=4"},"interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}},{"@type":"Comment","text":"Excellent post about reducing the amount of js and trying to use more html and css instead. I like that the user is still looking for ways to cut down on or eliminate js. 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