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layout.njk	</> htmx - high power tools for html

</> htmx _{high power tools for HTML}

introduction

htmx is a set of HTML extensions give you to access to AJAX, WebSockets and Server Sent Events via attributes, allowing you to build modern UI with the simplicity and power of hypertext

htmx is small (~7k min.gz'd), dependency-free, extendable, IE11 compatible & you can try it out quickly, without a huge rewrite

quick start

  <!-- Load from unpkg -->
  <script src="https://unpkg.com/htmx.org@e0.0.4"></script>
  <!-- have a button POST a click via AJAX -->
  <button hx-post="/clicked" hx-swap="outerHTML">
    Click Me
  </button>

The hx-post and hx-swap attributes tell htmx:

"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 intercooler.js

haiku

javascript fatigue:
longing for a hypertext
already in hand