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0 pointsvarispeed2y ago0 comments

> and quick start on the homepage what do you think the project does?

It adds some special attributes to HTML that magically perform some logic and it is not clear how and why. Why would I use something like this over React? What this thing is trying to solve?

> You render the HTML using the frameworks/tools/languages you fancy. HTMX provides custom attributes you can use to update content within a page without having to reload the entire page.

I still can't see what's the point of it. Why would I want to do it?

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sibit2y ago

> I still can't see what's the point of it. Why would I want to do it?

It depends on how you like to build projects. If you like the current state of client-side rendering there is no point to using HTMX. If you like server-side rendering (my personal preference) then HTMX fills the gap of doing partial DOM updates without needing to reload the entire page. Some people will argue about perf metrics until they're blue in the face. I mostly rely on personal preferences.

varispeedOP2y ago

In the olden days I remember having backend returning an ID of the DOM element to update and a tiny function would look at it and update. There was no need for HTMX.