Please Just Fucking Try HTMX
A measured-yet-opinionated plea to try HTMX. Skip the React complexity, skip the raw HTML limitations. There's a third option.
Hypermedia / Webstandards
HTMX does not play well with content security policy
HTMX is a JavaScript framework that makes it possible to replace DOM elements with dynamic data from AJAX requests, specified by HTML attributes. Because dynamic behavior is added to the page using normal HTML tags with custom attributes, it is difficult to provide additional security against cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Server-first Web Components with DSD, HTMX, and Islands | Codrops
A simple yet powerful approach to Web Component server-rendering, declarative behaviors, and JavaScript islands.
Datastar
The hypermedia framework.
Introducing hx-optimistic: Make Your HTMX Apps Feel Instant | Loren Stewart
An HTMX extension that brings optimistic UI updates to hypermedia apps, making interactions feel instant with simple declarative HTML.
Talk notes: Let’s make a simpler, more accessible web | Christian Heilmann
Build for the Web, Build on the Web, Build with the Web – CSS Wizardry
What is the real, long-term cost of adopting a JavaScript framework?