State machines are typically expressed on the web in JavaScript and often through the popular XState library. But the concept of a state machine is adaptable to just about any language, including, amazingly, HTML and CSS. In this article, we’re going to do exactly that. I recently built a website that included a “no client JavaScript” constraint and I needed one particular unique interactive feature. The key to all this is using and elements to hold a … Read article “A Complete State Machine Made With HTML Checkboxes and CSS”
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