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It’s Django.. request data in, html response out. That’s all what you need :)

powersnail 3y ago
I'm asking because I've sort of done this in the past, and find creating fragments of HTML with Django's template engine a bit awkward. For instance, if I have some sort of utility button, and say I put it in "utility_button.html", a template file. In practice, I might have to supply different actions, or icon names, or colors when the button is generated, which means that each of these potential variable needs to be a template parameter. Adding a class involves some string manipulation magic. On the other hand, on most client-side front end library, when using a template, I can still slap whatever attributes onto the element, or manipulate its classes as an actual list with relative ease, because front end libraries are more or less already a big HTML parser and generator.
raihansaputra 3y ago
How do you handle template and fragments? any libraries/usage patterns you use to integrate django <-> htmx?
- neurostimulant 3y ago
  If you're lazy, just develop your django app as usual, and use hx-select attribute to select relevant content to use in htmx. Django doesn't have to be aware of the fact that you're using htmx in the client side. https://htmx.org/attributes/hx-select/ https://htmx.org/attributes/hx-select/
  - TigerTeamX 3y ago
    Awesome, thank you!
- globular-toast 3y ago
  Why would it need anything special? Django doesn't care what templates contain. You can have a template with literally anything in it, including HTML fragments.
- Dauros 3y ago
  Usually we have a base template with a content block that a child template can extend. The extend keyword supports variables as well. So we can create a dummy base template, e.g. fragment_base.html, that contains only the content block and if a request is coming from HTMX we set the base template to the dummy one, so the rendered template will contain only the fragment.

I'm asking because I've sort of done this in the past, and find creating fragments of HTML with Django's template engine a bit awkward. For instance, if I have some sort of utility button, and say I put it in "utility_button.html", a template file. In practice, I might have to supply different actions, or icon names, or colors when the button is generated, which means that each of these potential variable needs to be a template parameter. Adding a class involves some string manipulation magic. On the other hand, on most client-side front end library, when using a template, I can still slap whatever attributes onto the element, or manipulate its classes as an actual list with relative ease, because front end libraries are more or less already a big HTML parser and generator.

raihansaputra 3y ago

How do you handle template and fragments? any libraries/usage patterns you use to integrate django <-> htmx?

neurostimulant 3y ago
If you're lazy, just develop your django app as usual, and use hx-select attribute to select relevant content to use in htmx. Django doesn't have to be aware of the fact that you're using htmx in the client side. https://htmx.org/attributes/hx-select/ https://htmx.org/attributes/hx-select/
- TigerTeamX 3y ago
  Awesome, thank you!
globular-toast 3y ago
Why would it need anything special? Django doesn't care what templates contain. You can have a template with literally anything in it, including HTML fragments.
Dauros 3y ago
Usually we have a base template with a content block that a child template can extend. The extend keyword supports variables as well. So we can create a dummy base template, e.g. fragment_base.html, that contains only the content block and if a request is coming from HTMX we set the base template to the dummy one, so the rendered template will contain only the fragment.