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Not at all, simple things are simple.

• troupo 1y ago
  Simple things are simple everywhere. And then suddenly you need to be aware of the quirks: https://htmx.org/quirks/ https://htmx.org/quirks/ And then you need your backend to handle all the weird new headers: https://htmx.org/reference/#request_headers https://htmx.org/reference/#request_headers And then you need to learn completely non-HTML things like "attribute inheritance" https://htmx.org/docs/#inheritance https://htmx.org/docs/#inheritance And then you need to learn a whole new DSL https://htmx.org/docs/#trigger-modifiers https://htmx.org/docs/#trigger-modifiers HTMX probably has more concepts than react at this point in time.
  • mixmastamyk 1y ago
    These examples are trivial and/or rare, especially in comparison to the monstrosity of a SPA framework. I picked up htmx in an hour or two. I do think it is a bit overengineered however, though there are other implementations of the idea.
    • troupo 1y ago
      > comparison to the monstrosity of a SPA What you call "monstrosity" is just as trivial and rare. See how this works? You claimed that HTMX doesn't require learning new paradigms. When it's actually a new paradigm replete with multiple different requirements, custom DSLs, new behaviors etc.
      • mixmastamyk 1y ago
        It uses html’s paradigm, which is a masterstroke. You keep using the term DSL as if it’s appreciably different than “put a string in an attribute.” Htmx is an order of magnitude easier to get started with for a person who already knows html, ask me how I know.
    • CooCooCaCha 1y ago
      You don’t have to use an SPA framework. Hopefully you don’t think you need one to use react.