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Re: HTML, the Programming Language

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https://e-html.org/html/documentation.html

This is awesome! Can’t believe I haven’t seen it before. Reminds me of HTMX in a way. Did this project come before or after it? Can you differentiate them? I’d like to use this in a hobby project but am not sure how it differs from HTMX. They seem to overlap in some areas?

I think the biggest difference is that EHTML works more with JSON API rather than with HTML Server Rendering integration.

Re: HTML, the Programming Language

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post #71

...now I'm starting to wonder whether htmx and _hyperscript are similar to this, just disguised better...? And I was seriously considering using htmx for one thing, too.

Look at the footer, the site is connected to htmx

Yes, I know. I think this "HTML, the programming language" is obviously a joke, so I'm asking whether htmx is also a joke - or an attempt at trolling web devs, more precisely - just disguised better... There is a whole book on htmx, but when it comes to trolling, some people definitely would put this much effort into making their trolling attempts more bulletproof.

I'm mostly joking, though. I think htmx is not likely to be a trolling attempt, but it would be absolutely epic if it was :)

Re: HTML, the Programming Language

#136

Not fond of using single-row tables for objects; definition lists are far more suitable: foo Foo bar You could reasonably leave tables as a way of defining an Array . Using for a dd ition and for duplication just makes me sad. It almost makes be suppose you don’t care about HTML (the markup language) semantics!

good news! HTML, the programming langauge is completely pluggable so you can redesign it to your own tastes!

https://html-lang.org/#extending

and, in fact, HTML, the programming language, programs can modify not only themselves, but also the language itself, at runtime!

interesting possibilities await you, the programmer of HTML, the programming language!

Re: HTML, the Programming Language

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post #133

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This is awesome! Can’t believe I haven’t seen it before. Reminds me of HTMX in a way. Did this project come before or after it? Can you differentiate them? I’d like to use this in a hobby project but am not sure how it differs from HTMX. They seem to overlap in some areas?

I think the biggest difference is that EHTML works more with JSON API rather than with HTML Server Rendering integration.

HTMX works with JSON too.

Re: HTML, the Programming Language

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considering a hindley milner type system for the language, but it would be a big lift w/ explicit stack semantics also looking at HTML, the programming language,++, or, possibly, Objective-HTML, the programming langauge, which would be easier to get to and potentially more awful

> hindley milner type system for the language Hindley Type Milner Language #ifixeditforyou

We're just a bit shy of "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo", but with HTML.

Re: HTML, the Programming Language

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The best part is how they have to keep repeating "HTML, the programming language" or "HTML, the markup language" everywhere in an attempt to keep things clear :) It would be awesome if they were using some sort of macro system / templating engine to consistently expand {{html_prog}} and {{html_markup}} just to keep it straight while they're writing it. Thank you for posting this, it made my day a bunch brighter!

HTPL? I appreciate their joke, but “HyperText Markup Language, the markup language” is a little redundant. Some of us have had to include XSLT programming in our careers. We have seen into the dark abyss… and been paid to do it!

HTPL is what I immediately landed on too. Talk about confusing beginners!
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