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Htmx is the successor of Intercooler.js, which is like 10 years old already. https://github.com/bigskysoftware/intercooler-js https://github.com/bigskysoftware/
by joshmanders 2y ago
Htmx is the successor of Intercooler.js, which is like 10 years old already. https://github.com/bigskysoftware/intercooler-js https://github.com/bigskysoftware/intercooler-js
- lolinder 2y agoAs noted by @madeofpalk [0], Hotwire is the successor of Turbolinks, which dates back to at least 2012 [1]. That said, I'm not particularly interested in litigating who inspired who. Both libraries are neat and have developed in parallel for ten years. That's cool! [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40555941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40555941 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4577169 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4577169
- stavros 2y agoFor what it's worth, I mentioned HTMX to a Ruby developer friend, and his reaction was "oh, like Turbolinks", so I think the mindshare was probably there first. That having been said, HTMX is my preferred way of making dynamic frontends now. I've never been a React developer, but I've always found SPAs way, way overused.
- lolinder 2y agoYeah, Turbolinks was huge throughout the Rails era—I remember it even being part of the random beginner tutorials that I did back in the day. I only ever heard of intercooler.js after htmx was announced.