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toastercat1y ago· 5 in thread

Yes. Something HTMX evangelists always forget to mention is that HTMX is not a replacement for React -- HTMX + a backend is. This introduces a whole new layer of complexity; it's a total tradeoff. That is to say there are probably React apps that would be better as HTMX apps.

thunky1y ago

> HTMX is not a replacement for React -- HTMX + a backend is

Most React apps need a backend too.

lyu072821y ago

Wouldn't the equivalent be more like server components in react? Or do people literally let their backend render presentational html (including tailwind css or whatever)? Like do htmlx people render html from database resultsets in their backends?

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toastercat1y ago

False equivalence, and a disingenous one at that.

You can build single-page applications with React, you cannot with HTMX.

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exceptione1y ago

Also, does that currently mean that the backend will be Javascript?

In the browser we have no choice, but I prefer to prevent that accident from spreading to my servers.

toastercat1y ago

No. Backend can be anything.

recursive1y ago· 2 in thread

Maybe, but it may be reasonable to do that sometimes. What fruit should we bring to the picnic?

wslhOP1y ago

Yes, my comment was not pedantic at all it is great to discuss intersections and symmetric differences. In this specific case. Just I thought that the intersection was small while the symmetric difference is much bigger.

The picnic example would be more like mixing them up though ;-)

Tade01y ago

Or what goes well with milk.

math_dandy1y ago

Correct. HTMX doesn’t deal with client-side state and updating UI in response to client-side interactions. React, on the other hand, is all about that stuff.

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