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I've built a small project management system (as I was in need of a custom one) with Unpoly as a proof of concept. And, oh boy, it was easy and fast. I have a

I've built a small project management system (as I was in need of a custom one) with Unpoly as a proof of concept. And, oh boy, it was easy and fast. I have a previous experience with VueJS and Django REST Framework. It is nice but it's a whole other kind of work. Too many build tools, CIs, State Management hell... I'll, if I can, keep developing with the new-new stuff (Unpoly and htmx). Probably won't be 100% of the time since it's far for mainstream technologies.

midrus 5y ago
Unpoly rocks. Far better and more conplete than Htmx. Sadly not as good at marketing.
- recursivedoubts 5y ago
  Rather than "complete" I would say "high level". htmx is a relatively low level extension to HTML, by design. Unpoly offers a lot more structure, such as layers, which you would need to implement on your own or using another library (e.g. tailwinds or bootstrap) if you are using htmx. This is reflected in their overall sizes: 11k for htmx, 41k for unpoly. I don't view either as better in general: they are two different approaches to building hypermedia-oriented applications, one more structured and one less. Which one is better for your particular application depends on your own engineering needs and tastes.
  - midrus 5y ago
    Yes, I agree with your explanation. I should have said "far better for my own preferences". I agree that probably you can implement a lot of what Unpoly provides starting from HTMX
    - recursivedoubts 5y ago
      No problem at all: unpoly is a great piece of software and I very much understand being a passionate fan of it. The approach Henning took is quite ingenious.