progressive enhancement
Provide a useful baseline and improve it when additional browser capabilities are available.
Use this when A basic form or navigation action fails when its enhancement script does not load.
without the term
“If the JavaScript fails to load, the signup form does nothing at all. Can you make it still submit as a normal form, and be nicer when JS works?”
with the term · How do you ask a model for progressive enhancement?
Progressively enhance this form. Verify a successful baseline submission and the enhanced experience, including a failed script or request.
What is progressive enhancement?
The page works with plain HTML first, for example a form that posts and a link that navigates, and JavaScript adds a better experience on top when it loads.
Why does progressive enhancement matter when vibe coding?
An event handler can accidentally remove a working HTML fallback.
How do you do progressive enhancement?
Keep the baseline action meaningful and test both enhanced and fallback paths.
What goes wrong with progressive enhancement?
Calling preventDefault without providing either a working replacement or recovery.