i absolutely hate how the modern web just fails to load if one has javascript turned off. i, as a user, should be able to switch off javascript and have the site work exactly as it does with javascript turned on. it’s not a hard concept, people.
but you ask candidates to explain “graceful degradation” and they’ll sit and look at you with a blank stare.
It is a lot simpler to just require JavaScript. It is widely supported and is default enabled on all platforms and browsers.
Sending forms is a built-in functionality and you say it’s simpler to hack your way around it.
I mean, sure, if your framework does it this way. But it shouldn’t. Note that as a bug.