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by CRConrad 1167 days ago
> ...basically a JavaScript framework that makes the traditional request-response approach feels like an SPA via replacing only part(s) of the current page with the response.

Didn't that used to be called AJAX or REST or something?

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Yes! HTMX is a better API on top of a XMLHttpRequest for this approach. A hypothetical next iteration of the HTML standard could make most of HTMX unnecessary. Maybe one day.