The fastest, most powerful way to create an HTML app

Debajyati Dey

Deep Learning

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FastHTML is a next-generation web framework designed for fast, scalable, and compact web applications using Python. It emphasizes powerful, interactive web app development with minimal code. Installation is straightforward via pip, and even a minimal app can be swiftly set up to demonstrate functionality. The framework leverages HTML and HTTP principles, promoting good software engineering practices. FastHTML integrates well with HTMX for adding interactivity. Extensive documentation and community resources are available for deeper learning and project assistance.

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I see no reason why would anyone use this.

I love python, but I’d prefer spending a week to a month to learn JS, and Web basics rather than using this. But hey its okay, though, you could achieve anything in any language, but I like to keep it simple and use the language what it is intended for. But in some cases where the problem doesn’t require so much. then I will use it, but for real world problem, No Thank you.
For example
I know javascript, and building massive web apps using it, but I’m not taking that into the server, I’m currently moving all my api’s to Rust.
well it all depends if you really need that performance guys, if you dont need it, then Node js is a killer option, or even a python django.
my case, involves a lot of data manipulation and calculations.

Thank you for sharing. As a new Web Developer it is so fascinating to see all the new tools people come up with.

the day i use Python to build an app is the day chatGPT gets fed up with my antics and shoots me through my screen.

This is a neat idea, but I just don’t see the practical use case for it. Especially when tools like Flask and Django exist, sending basic HTML templates isn’t that hard. This feels like rewriting a language (if HTML is to be considered a language :p) for the sake of rewriting a language. Maybe I’m missing something though.