HTML can do that!?

motivation

• Why should only <a> & <form> be able to make HTTP requests?
• Why should only click & submit events trigger them?
• Why should only GET & POST methods be available?
• Why should you only be able to replace the entire screen?

By removing these constraints, htmx completes HTML as a hypertext.

quick example

<button hx-post="/clicked" hx-swap="outerHTML">
 Click Me
</button>

When clicked, hx-post sends a POST to /clicked and hx-swap replaces the button with the response. No JavaScript.

book

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