No familiarity with HTMX, but familiar with the thing I linked. There, you render the whole page on the server side. The js "picks" which parts it needs to refr

No familiarity with HTMX, but familiar with the thing I linked. There, you render the whole page on the server side. The js "picks" which parts it needs to refresh by essentially using specific classes/attributes. It is a very "pedestrian" system, really. The fact that the whole page is sent is what makes "graceful degradation" possible. > Front end is not just a presentational layer I agree that front is not a presentational layer in all projects, but I also think that most web projects out there are CRUD-like, and for a lot of those, front can be just a presentational layer. I'm just saying that the effort of making front more than that and going the Single Page App route needs to be justified by some business reason - even something vague like "we want to leave the door open releasing a mobile app later so we need an API anyway".