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Htmx is part of the GitHub Accelerator

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Re: Htmx is part of the GitHub Accelerator

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Post by chainwax »

Congratulations! I had a fun time making a little project with Htmx, though ultimately went with something else as I ended up heavily using a openlayers, and map libs are notoriously heavy with clientside javascript and Svelte ended up being a better tool for the job.

I plan on using it again for a future Golang project and look forward to following it's development. If you're in need of a simple/medium complex front end for your app, and _especially_ if you're already using template fragments[0], I really recommend giving HTMX a shot. It's pretty fun to work with coming from Javascriptland.

Also, the guy who runs their Twitter account[1] is hilarious.

[0] https://htmx.org/essays/template-fragments/

[1] https://twitter.com/htmx_org

Re: Htmx is part of the GitHub Accelerator

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Post by 3cats-in-a-coat »

It's so odd to live long enough and see the steady pipeline of "look at this much simpler way of doing web apps, just write HTML, not like the previous complex way" projects, which then turn into the previous complex way as the eyes turn towards the next "simple way of doing web apps, just write HTML...".

Angular and React started this way on the frontend, while ASP and PHP started this way on the backend (of course eventually they all grow "full-stack" solutions).

EDIT: And how could I forget, Tailwind, whose tagline reads: "Rapidly build modern websites without ever leaving your HTML"

The fact your HTML barely reads like HTML after Tailwind, and reads more like your file is corrupted is I guess not mentioned in the tagline.

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