On: Please just try HTMX

[kitd]

This is the thing. Htmx is great if you only consider the frontend. But it does require fixing up the backed to match. A framework like that needs to integrate the front & back ends fairly tightly to have good UX. You may be interested in Datastar which does this better IMHO

https://data-star.dev/

[qingcharles → kitd]

My current plan is to switch to Datastar too, although the devs seem a little odd. The guys writing HTMX seem like a more professional bunch.

[sudodevnull → qingcharles]

you have a point https://x.com/htmx_org/photo

[asim → kitd]

Thanks I'll look into it, but on first glance I feel like I just got space blasted by the website! What happened to simple websites eh

[nchmy → asim]

I assume youre referring to the "starfield" on the home page. That's just showcasing their "Rocket" webcomponents tool, which makes it vastly simpler to make WCs.

It is otherwise a very simple website, and the framework and its SDKs are much simpler, yet more powerful, than HTMX

[kitd → asim]

Lol, it's ... a feature ... I think

[asim → kitd]

Well I guess part of the problem is I feel like I'm looking at the website with a magnifying glass...