In an age of complicated front-end solutions, is there a simpler way of doing things? Spoiler alert: there is.

Kevin

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htmx is a JavaScript library that simplifies front-end development by allowing developers to enhance HTML elements with additional functionality using HTML attributes. It promotes the use of hypermedia and RESTful principles to create dynamic web applications without the need for complex JavaScript frameworks.

htmx: Simplicity in an Age of Complicated Solutions

<p>Hear hear!</p>
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<p>First of all, JavaScript. JavaScript is not a great language for anything except inside the browser. It never was and it likely never will be, unless it gets a decent standard library and ditches its type coercion and many other broken language features. No amount of developer discipline and linting can truly mitigate this. Unfortunately, we’re kind of stuck with JavaScript in the browser, but let’s not use it anywhere else if we can help it.</p>
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