Your mental model for Hotwire should be progressive enhancement: start with the basics and layer on Turbo Frames, Streams, and Stimulus as you build more.

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Stimulus is the recommended JavaScript framework for attaching functions to your HTML markup and responding to simple browser events. Stimulus does not provide anything to support client side rendering. If you find yourself generating a lot of HTML in your Stimulus controllers, you should take a step back and re-assess.

Thinking in Hotwire: Progressive Enhancement

Adding custom components / React / client side JavaScript