MSms7892·Dec 14, 2024Submission
196 points · Open discussionbigskysoftware
htmx
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bigskysoftware / htmx
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</> htmx - high power tools for HTML
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Great question! I'm more familiar with htmx than alpine (TIL!), although I've never used either one. I have read the excellent HyperMedia Systems book though, and I was nodding…
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13 sources>https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/blob/1242977d11bebe56...
This seems to be a scenario where switch/case blocks could make the elif-trees a bit easier to read.
Also, the code could use some care about not going so deep into the Vs:
// request headers
if (requestAttrValues.noHeaders) {
// ignore all headers
} else {
for (const header in headers) {
if (headers.hasOwnProperty(header)) {
const headerValue = headers[header]
safelySetHeaderValue(xhr, header, headerValue)
}
}
}
could just be:
// request headers
if (!requestAttrValues.noHeaders) {
Object.keys(headers)
.filter(hdr => headers.hasOwnProperty(hdr))
.forEach(hdr => safelySetHeaderValue(xhr, hdr, headers[hdr]));
}
Not even sure if that hasOwnProp check is needed, unless heade
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r keys are explicitly set to undef.
the code is a little gnarly, but if you don't specify anything the default behavior is to keep the "last" event that comes in while a request is in flight:
https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/blob/1242977d11bebe56...
and that dumps the existing request queue and puts request created by the last event in it by itself:
https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/blob/1242977d11bebe56...
we don't cancel the current request or issue the next request until the current request finishes
but there could be a bug in the code, for sure, it's pretty crazy
In A modest critique of HtmxHtmx: Supercharge HTML with Powerful, Lightweight Interactions
2 points · Open discussionSimilar to this, anyone knows how to use htmx within a shadowrootmode to stream html out-of-order? I asked here https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/discussions/2646
In HTML-ivating your Django web app with Htmx, AlpineJS, and streaming HTMLOddly specific. Why implementing "forEach" and "toArray" instead of using the functions from Array.prototype? [1] I can see `Array.from` used elsewhere on the code.
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1: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/blob/master/src/htmx....
In Htmx 2.0.0 has been releasedCurious what part of React you think makes it "hacker friendly". React can be done very simply, and I see no part of it that makes it any friendlier to "hackers" than HTMX.
Seems that HTMX requires unsafe-eval?
https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/issues/2260
In htmx 2.0.0-beta1Yes! You’ve reminded me that there’s some subtle gotchas when using HTMX server-side that are probably worth documenting too. For one, HTMX starts with the assumption that you’re returning HTML fragments, but not all templating languages have good support for decomposing layouts into fragments. You can work around this using hx-select but Alpine AJAX works kind of like hx-select by default.
Also, there’s some response header juggling you have to do when submitting forms that have a validation step before redirecting: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/issues/369
I’ve tried to iron out any footguns or server requirements I’ve bumped into while using HTMX & Hotwire in my projects.
In Show HN: Alpine Ajax – If Htmx and Alpine.js Had a BabyApparently it changed from 2-clause BSD: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/commit/e16f1865a494b6...
(The zero clause license drops the requirements for preserving the copyright notice when distributing)
In Htmx become 0 clause BSD-licensedHtmx become 0 clause BSD-licensed
35 points · Open discussionHtmx changes license to Zero-Clause BSD
213 points · Open discussionhtmx 2.0 will be 99% compatible w/ htmx 1.0, and we'll provide a backwards compatibility extension:
https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/blob/v2.0v2.0/www/con...
we will also continue to support htmx 1.0 for the forseeable future for people who need IE support or don't want to upgrade
In Is htmx Just Another JavaScript Framework?