htmx: Writing JavaScript to Avoid Writing JavaScript
Carson Gross
And now for something completely different. In this talk, we will look at htmx, a JavaScript library written to avoid writing JavaScript. We'll discuss the motivation for such a creation and then look at some of the features and implementations of htmx. We will close with a brief look at how people are using the JavaScript library I wrote to avoid writing JavaScript to write JavaScript.
Outline
- 00:00 Introduction
- 03:10 A brief history of web dev
- 06:47 JavaScript: origins
- 08:05 The modern age
- 08:45 Back to hypermedia
- 11:06 What is htmx
- 13:12 htmx demo
- 15:55 Back to JavaScript
- 17:47 Conclusion
About the Presenter
Carson Gross, Creator of htmx