From c98e254d870998c542f984f848c64abd111dfee5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Carson Gross <carson@bigsky.software>
Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 12:06:06 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] add test for relative indicator definition

---
 test/attributes/hx-indicator.js               | 13 +++++++
 .../essays/different-types-of-decouplings.md  | 38 +++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 www/content/essays/different-types-of-decouplings.md

diff --git a/test/attributes/hx-indicator.js b/test/attributes/hx-indicator.js
index e87e9e2d..94156f74 100644
--- a/test/attributes/hx-indicator.js
+++ b/test/attributes/hx-indicator.js
@@ -34,6 +34,19 @@ describe("hx-indicator attribute", function(){
         a2.classList.contains("htmx-request").should.equal(false);
     });
 
+    it('Indicator classes are properly put on element with relative indicator', function()
+    {
+        this.server.respondWith("GET", "/test", "Clicked!");
+        var btn = make('<button hx-get="/test" hx-indicator="next a">Click Me!</button>')
+        var a1 = make('<a id="a1"></a>')
+        btn.click();
+        btn.classList.contains("htmx-request").should.equal(false);
+        a1.classList.contains("htmx-request").should.equal(true);
+        this.server.respond();
+        btn.classList.contains("htmx-request").should.equal(false);
+        a1.classList.contains("htmx-request").should.equal(false);
+    });
+
     it('Indicator classes are properly put on element with explicit indicator w/ data-* prefix', function()
     {
         this.server.respondWith("GET", "/test", "Clicked!");
diff --git a/www/content/essays/different-types-of-decouplings.md b/www/content/essays/different-types-of-decouplings.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f87e615a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www/content/essays/different-types-of-decouplings.md
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
++++
+title = "Different Types Of Decoupling"
+date = 2022-10-23
+updated = 2023-02-03
+[taxonomies]
+tag = ["posts"]
++++
+
+> The central feature that distinguishes the REST architectural style from other network-based styles is its emphasis on 
+> a uniform interface between components. By applying the software engineering principle of generality to the component 
+> interface, the overall system architecture is simplified and the visibility of interactions is improved. 
+> Implementations are decoupled from the services they provide, which encourages independent evolvability.
+
+_-Roy Fielding, <https://www.ics.uci.edu/~fielding/pubs/dissertation/rest_arch_style.htm#sec_5_1_5>_
+
+Decoupling is the opposite of [coupling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling_(computer_programming)), where two
+pieces of software have a high degree of _interdependence_.  Decoupling software is the act of reducing this
+interdependence between unrelated modules so that they can evolve independently.  The concept of coupling and decoupling
+is closely (and inversely) related to [cohesion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohesion_(computer_science)).  A highly
+cohesive software module has related logic within a module or conceptual boundary, rather than spread out.  Broadly, 
+the more decoupled your codebase is, the more cohesive it will be as well.  Developers generally have a sense that 
+decoupling is a good thing
+
+An argument we see at times for the JSON/Data API style of development, where a Single Page Application-style web 
+applications communicates with a back end via a JSON API, is that this architectural choice _decouples_ the front-end and
+back-end code, and allows re-use of the JSON API in other contexts, such as a mobile application.
+
+
+
+You can imagine how creating a general JSON Data API that can be consumed by multiple clients would _decouple_ your
+application's back-end code from a particular client: it provides a standard, well documented API and any client that wants
+to can use that is welcome to do so.
+
+In the second part of this essay we are going to talk about the hypermedia approach, and how it decouples your system in
+a different manner than the way a generic Data API does.  But, before we get into that, we want to spend a bit of time and
+look at the facts on the ground with respect to JSON APIs and see how decoupling is working out.
+
+## "The Worst Part Of My Job..."
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