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I believe he makes some good arguments that we really still need both, but HTML could be more powerful and allow for less JS. This is a good essay on the topic
by kyrra 2y ago
I believe he makes some good arguments that we really still need both, but HTML could be more powerful and allow for less JS.
This is a good essay on the topic: https://htmx.org/essays/when-to-use-hypermedia/ https://htmx.org/essays/when-to-use-hypermedia/
Definitely one place htmx can be abused is oob-swap: https://htmx.org/attributes/hx-swap-oob/ https://htmx.org/attributes/hx-swap-oob/, which allows any given HTMX request to replace any part of the page. It sort of destroys the concept of locality of concern that HTMX pushes for.