May I use phoenix without javascript?

Phoenix Forum Questions / Help
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Hello, I’d like to know if its possible to use Phoenix without javascript.

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Generally yes, though optional parts in a phoenix codebase like liveview or the live dashboard require js.

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Alright, thanks.

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Oh and, forgive me as I’m new to this. To make use of sockets, the client-side requires JS?

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Yes, the client-side must have JS. If you want a clean separation between the frontend and the backend, you can try phoenix - npm in the frontend project.

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By the way, the README.md is copied from the phoenix framework so it’s quite confusing. All you need to do is just

$ npm install phoenix

and in your js code,

import {Socket, Channel} from 'phoenix'
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Do you mean without writing javascript yourself or with javascript disabled?

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With Javascript disabled.

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Thank you.

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LiveViews actually works with JS disabled. You don’t get websockets, of course, which means no live updates, it just gracefully falls back to regular old http.

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Aha, gotcha. Thanks.