A quick look at the history of building web apps, followed by a discussion of htmx and how it compares to both modern and traditional ways of building.

Jerod & Feross learn all about htmx (a pragmatic approach to web frontends) and _hyperscript (an experimental scripting language inspired by HyperTalk) with special guest Carson from Big Sky Software. Thanks to Rajasegar Chandran for requesting this episode!

htmx allows you to access AJAX, WebSockets and Server Sent Events directly in HTML, using attributes, so you can build modern user interfaces with the simplicity and power of hypertext.

htmx is small (~7kb gzipped), dependency-free, and even IE11 compatible. It’s the successor to intercooler.js and even comes bundled with a very nice haiku:

javascript fatigue:
longing for a hypertext
already in hand