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2022/12/21#p1
I'm curious about HTMX so may start looking into it and whether it will hold any benefits for the site. I'm using AjAX in a couple of places and some CSS transitions but wonder if it might simplify things while also letting me do more elsewhere. 🤔
Any thoughts, opinions or pointers would be greatly appreciated.
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HTMX is the best thing that has ever happened to the developer community for a long time. Funny to say it, because HTMX is nothing technically new other than bringing a bunch of tried and proven ideas in a fresh packaging.
We are using HTMX in Feedle (https://feedle.world) - it powers up the search experience, and it is interactive enough to keep the visitor engaged without having to switch between pages over and over again. For a small team like ours, it has brought the perfect balance between focusing on building a solid backend and just enough user experience so that the site becomes engaging. Obviously, it won't working for a heavy-frontend-focused apps like Figma, but i doubt that we are ever going into that realm.
A total recommendation from my side.
Thanks for recommendation. It really seems like it could simplify a lot of what I'm doing and give me more flexibility elsewhere.
Oh, and I think feedle is great! I've been using it on and off since stumbling upon it recently and think it will be a regular part of my routine.