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Less Htmx Is More

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169 points fanf2 | 1 comments | 08 Apr 25 08:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.257s | source
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DeathArrow ◴[08 Apr 25 09:33 UTC] No.43619823[source]▶
I thought HTMX is useful mostly for SPA style apps. If you want a website with individual pages you can mostly use HTML and a bit of vanilla JS for the stuff that needs to be dynamically updated.
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1. t-writescode ◴[08 Apr 25 09:40 UTC] No.43619863[source]▶
htmx gets rid of the "bit of vanilla js" and replaces it with "a couple very, very short tags" and then the backend returns partial html, making the experience seamless.

It's written in Javascript, so yes, some vanilla JS can do the same thing; but this library makes that experience easier for the masses, and likely well-tested to the point where more trust can be given to it to be correct.