TermCraft conventionFoundational

Progressive Enhancement

Make it work everywhere, then make it nicer where you can.

Definition

Building a working baseline first, then layering enhancements for environments that support them.

Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.

In plain language

Make it work everywhere, then make it nicer where you can.

A form that submits without JavaScript, enhanced with client-side validation when available.

Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.

The full entry behind this definition.

Connected closely enough to change how you apply this.

Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.