# Decoupling Your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

DevFeed: [Decoupling Your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/decoupling-your-html-css-and-javascript-29495.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://philipwalton.com/articles/decoupling-html-css-and-javascript/>)

Published: 2013-08-18T19:39:09Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Philip Walton](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/philip-walton.md>)

Topics: [CSS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/css.md>), [HTML](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/html.md>), [JavaScript](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/javascript.md>), [Front end](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/frontend.md>), [Web Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web-development.md>)

Tags: [css](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/css.md>), [decoupling](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/decoupling.md>), [front-end](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/front-end.md>), [html](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/html.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [patterns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/patterns.md>)

## AI overview

This article discusses how to decouple HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in front-end code. It argues that coupling cannot be eliminated entirely, but unnecessary dependencies should be minimized to reduce unintended breakage as codebases and teams grow.

## Source excerpt

Any non-trivial site or application on the Web today will contain a large amount of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. As the use of the Internet evolves and our dependence on it increases, having a plan for organizing and maintaining your front-end code is an absolute must.