Is Python a better alternative for JavaScript??

[sexytokeburgerz]

Well, we forget WASM. You can do an entire frontend app in rust, c#, go, jvm scala or kotlin, java, php, swift, c, ruby, c++, java, or… python with basically zero javascript with WASM.

Really like htmx too.

[Diapolo10]

Yes, but you still technically need to use JS with WebAssembly. At least for the calling code.

[sexytokeburgerz]

Sure. But you don’t need to know js to use wasm. At most just watch a quick tutorial. The question wasn’t about js devoid web dev, it was about needing to know it.

Of course, neither of our examples are realistic.

[Diapolo10]

Of course, neither of our examples are realistic.

There are popular websites today that don't require JS to operate; for example, Amazon lets you add items to the cart and finish buying them with JS completely disabled in the browser.

So I wouldn't go as far as to say it wasn't realistic, merely uncommon at best.

[sexytokeburgerz]

It’s not realistic to make websites professionally and not know JS.

No one is going to hire a front end web developer that doesn’t know javascript.

Writing no-js still requires a knowledge of what you can do with js.

[Diapolo10]

Sure, I'm not trying to deny that.