726: Is HTMX a Joke?

Scott and Wes unravel the mysteries of HTMX, exploring the essentials for getting started, its powerful capabilities, limitations, and possible stacks for building primarily server rendered applications. Show Notes 00:00 Welcome 02:07 Brought to you by Sentry.io 02:53 What exactly is HTMX? 04:30 What you need to know before working in HTMX. 04:35 You need a server. 05:35 You’ll most likely need a templating engine. 06:42 You most likely do not need as much client-side JS. 08:33 You don’t work in JSON 11:15 Not something you can swap out your UI with in a SPA. 11:48 Brings back AJAX 13:32 So, what can it do? 15:20 And what it doesn’t do. 18:25 It doesn’t do server-side responses. 19:09 What about animations? 19:20 What about CSS? 19:57 What about Web Components? 20:06 What about third-party client-side JS? 20:18 What about WebSockets and SSE? HTMX WebSockets 20:30 What about extensions? HTMX Extensions 21:00 Wes’ “bomb” question. 24:16 What Scott likes about HTMX. 25:45 What Scott doesn’t like about HTMX. HTMX Multi-Swap 30:33 Hype, Meta Framework. Hype Hit us up on Socials! Syntax: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Wes: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Scott: X Instagram Tiktok LinkedIn Threads Randy: X Instagram YouTube Threads