[troupo]

> The criticisms I’m seeing here are all things that are accepted without question

Who said they are accepted without question?

> when htmx does it, suddenly it’s too much.

No, when HTMX and its proponents claim things that are objectively provably false, it's too much.

Me: HTMX requires the server to be compliant with its DSL to work properly

You: no it doesn't. It's literally how content negotiation works! <Thus admitting HTMX requires server to conform to HTMX to work properly>

Me: there are literal standard headers for content negotiation

You: but what about React, and other frameworks.

Are we talking about React? Or other frameworks? We are talking about HTMx and your and others' claims about it.

Me: HTMX is custom templates and custom DSL.

You: no it's not!

Me: yes, it is

Me: It's standards compliant custom attributes and custom DSL. Why don't you look at all these other frameworks.

At every step of your "argument" you keep confirming every word I'm saying while somehow presenting it as an argument.

Try to actually learn something about tech you so fervently defend and to see how uour claims rarely differ from marketing bullshit (that marketing bullshit is often peddled by HTMx itself, most other frameworks are much more honest).

At this point I'm tired of pointless arguing with reality-denying people.

Adieu.

[yawaramin]

Htmx functions fine with any standard HTTP server in basic cases: it’s just an HTTP request and response with an HTML fragment. For progressive enhancement cases you can follow a very simple strategy of checking the HX-Request header and rendering either a full page or a partial, and adding a Vary: HX-Request response header. There’s no material difference between this and the standard content negotiation we talked about. To the server this is the same logic with just different names.

Also I pointed out that HTML already has custom DSLs in many of its attributes, this is not some new thing that htmx invented.

Finally, it says directly on the htmx landing page that it uses attributes for its functionality, and directly shows examples of common ones. This is right on the landing page. You have to dig into the special syntaxes of the other frameworks I mentioned to understand the differences they introduce. So I firmly refute your claims of marketing bullshit and dishonesty :-)

Try re-examining your own biases, you are in strong reality-warping mode :-)