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Less Htmx Is More

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169 points fanf2 | 2 comments | 08 Apr 25 08:42 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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uzyn ◴[08 Apr 25 09:38 UTC] No.43619854[source]▶
It's the other way around. HTMX is not suitable for client-side scripting heavy app like SPA. It's more for "traditional" AJAX-style web app.
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skydhash ◴[08 Apr 25 13:24 UTC] No.43621534[source]▶
And if you’re not building a very interactive desktop app, you have no need for an SPA.
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1. DeathArrow ◴[08 Apr 25 14:17 UTC] No.43622075{3}[source]▶
How would something like Facebook, Instagram, Netflix work and look if they weren't Spas?
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2. skydhash ◴[08 Apr 25 16:13 UTC] No.43623407[source]▶
There's nothing inherent to those sites that warrant SPAs. Things that do warrant SPA are full blown apps like Gmail, Figma, Google Maps,... or if you're building a desktop-like dashboard like Synology NAS's.