depending on what resources you are using they may be required. But no they are not *required* for the frontend to render. The manager thats another story.
At the same time though, if you’re designing a site for a client using MODx, they’ll probably never load the manager, but they will possibly use the frontend QuickEditor, which does require a few bits of Javascript.
I did hear though that the next release will be moving to, or additionally supporting - can’t remember which, a different effects library which is a lot smaller.
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