Felix Eckhardt & Benedikt Stemmildt

Why HTMX is crushing React, Vue & Svelte.

Is your SPA framework adding unnecessary complexity? See how HTMX delivers modern interactivity by sending HTML, not JSON, over the wire.

Why HTMX is crushing React, Vue & Svelte.
#1about 2 minutes

Questioning the default choice of SPAs for web development

The talk begins by challenging the automatic adoption of single-page applications and introduces the context for exploring simpler alternatives like HTMX.

#2about 4 minutes

The hidden complexities of single-page applications

Modern SPA frameworks introduce significant overhead, including complex build steps, dependency management, and performance issues for content-heavy sites.

#3about 2 minutes

Revisiting the history of web development and MVC

The evolution from server-rendered pages to client-side SPAs was a long journey, but modern protocols like HTTP/2 enable a return to simpler architectures.

#4about 5 minutes

Setting up the live demo with a backend stack

The demonstration uses a backend stack of Kotlin, Spring Boot, and the JTE template engine to serve HTML directly to the client.

#5about 3 minutes

Demonstrating the core concept of HTMX

A simple button demonstrates how HTMX uses HTML attributes to trigger a server request and swap the returned content into a target element.

#6about 6 minutes

Building the shop UI with server-side templates

The e-commerce shop's product list is rendered on the server using a template engine, showing how components can be built and populated with backend data.

#7about 3 minutes

Creating a search feature with progressive enhancement

A functional search is first built using a standard HTML form and server-side rendering, ensuring it works without JavaScript as a baseline.

#8about 3 minutes

Adding reactive filtering with HTMX attributes

By adding a few HTMX attributes, the standard search form is enhanced to provide live, reactive filtering without a full page reload.

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Matching moments

How HTMX enables dynamic interactions without JavaScript
08:20 MIN

How HTMX enables dynamic interactions without JavaScript

How to kill JavaScript from your Stack with HTMX and Kotlin

Demo of a dynamic app with HTMX and Kotlin
17:18 MIN

Demo of a dynamic app with HTMX and Kotlin

How to kill JavaScript from your Stack with HTMX and Kotlin

Finding the balance between server-side and client-side rendering
12:34 MIN

Finding the balance between server-side and client-side rendering

Keith Cirkle of GitHub on React Fatigue

Identifying where HTMX and SSR patterns fit best
11:07 MIN

Identifying where HTMX and SSR patterns fit best

How to kill JavaScript from your Stack with HTMX and Kotlin

Integrating and testing the HTMX and Kotlin stack
14:37 MIN

Integrating and testing the HTMX and Kotlin stack

How to kill JavaScript from your Stack with HTMX and Kotlin

History repeating with modern frontend frameworks
25:53 MIN

History repeating with modern frontend frameworks

Awful APIs: A History Lesson in Industry Mistakes and Mishaps

Exploring alternative libraries for server-centric web development
22:11 MIN

Exploring alternative libraries for server-centric web development

How to kill JavaScript from your Stack with HTMX and Kotlin

Separation of concerns versus modern web frameworks
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Separation of concerns versus modern web frameworks

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