HTML-Form an Htmx-Like Library
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A new library called HTML-form (htmf) is introduced, aiming to provide Htmx-like functionality, sparking interest and discussion among developers about its potential and differences from Htmx.
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This library takes an HTML-standards-first take to hypertext programming. Because of this it makes it easy to build progressively enhanced MPAs.
I've successfully built offline-first applications with it using service workers.
I recently did a rewrite (inspired by fixi) cleaning the code up and making it tinier and moving parts to extensions.