Can I tell you about HTML and how much you don't need this nasty JavaScript with help of new shiny Invokers?

• Problem: overuse of JavaScript and underuse of HTML

• Interactive elements in HTML

• Open UI initiative: what, where and why

• Future of interactive elements and perspectives of adoption

• Missing link: declarative way to setup interactions

• Interest Invokers and Invoker Commands

• How to try

When building interactive features on a webpage, JavaScript is usually the way to go. However, with great JavaScript dependencies comes great website instability. Even a minor undefined element can cause your entire webpage to crash. That’s where going back to the basics comes in. Thanks to modern Web APIs, it’s now possible to reduce JavaScript dependency on a website by swapping out JS components for their native HTML element or CSS feature counterparts. In this talk, we’ll take a look at how to use HTML and CSS to build simpler alternatives to popular JavaScript components such as accordions, modals, scroll transitions, carousels etc We’ll also take a look at the performance and accessibility benefits and real-life applications and use-cases of these components.