htmx: Lightweight JavaScript Library for Modern HTML Development
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Summary
htmx is a lightweight JavaScript library that enables developers to access modern web technologies like AJAX, CSS Transitions, WebSockets, and Server-Sent Events directly in HTML using custom attributes. It allows building modern user interfaces with HTML's simplicity while providing powerful capabilities for dynamic content updates without complex JavaScript frameworks. The library is small (~14k minified and gzipped), dependency-free, and extendable, positioning itself as the successor to earlier approaches and aiming to complete HTML as a hypertext medium.
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htmx is small (~14k min.gz'd), dependency-free & extendable
By removing these arbitrary constraints htmx completes HTML as a hypertext
When a user clicks on this button, issue an AJAX request to /clicked, and replace the entire button with the response
htmx is the successor to
htmx - high power tools for HTML. Contribute to bigskysoftware/htmx development by creating an account on GitHub.
