progressive enhancement

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progressive enhancement (uncountable)

  1. (web development) A philosophy in which a website's functionality is enhanced by JavaScript, rather than wholly reliant on JavaScript.
    • 2010, Todd Parker, Scott Jehl, Maggie Costello Wachs, Patty Toland, Designing with Progressive Enhancement: Building the Web that Works for Everyone, Pearson Education, →ISBN:
      Over the past few years, progressive enhancement has been quietly adopted by some of the biggest and best sites on the web, precisely because it allows them to reach the widest possible audience.

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