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> When you move from React to HTMX, you trade complex state management for server-side simplicity. Managing the same state will have the same complexity on the
by robertoandred 1y ago
> When you move from React to HTMX, you trade complex state management for server-side simplicity.
Managing the same state will have the same complexity on the server as it does on the client. HTMX's smugness is a huge turnoff.
- recursivedoubts 1y agodepends how much state is accidental vs essential: https://htmx.org/essays/a-real-world-react-to-htmx-port/ https://htmx.org/essays/a-real-world-react-to-htmx-port/ while I certainly try to be funny online, I hope I'm reasonably even handed about the tradeoffs associated with the hypermedia approach: https://htmx.org/essays/when-to-use-hypermedia/ https://htmx.org/essays/when-to-use-hypermedia/ https://htmx.org/essays/#on-the-other-hand https://htmx.org/essays/#on-the-other-hand