HTMX: A powerful web interface without JavaScript

Jangwook Kim
6 min readJan 29, 2024

HTMX: Revolutionizing web development, the future of lean, efficient, dynamic web applications.

The future of web development with HTMX: A new frontier for dynamic web applications that innovate with simplicity and efficiency

I’ve been learning about HTMX, so I’m writing an introduction. It’s basically a “JS-in-HTML” approach like Alpine. I think it would be great to use for small projects.

Introduction

Web development has evolved rapidly over the past few decades. From the static web pages of the early days, it has evolved into dynamic and interactive web applications. At the center of this transformation has been JavaScript, which has become a key technology for bringing web pages to life and enabling interaction with users. However, development approaches that rely on JavaScript often come with complexity and maintenance challenges.

In this context, the emergence of HTMX is noteworthy. HTMX is a revolutionary web technology that allows dynamic functionality on web pages to be implemented without JavaScript. By extending HTML, it helps web developers build interactive web applications more easily and quickly. The main appeal of HTMX is its simplicity and accessibility, and it has attracted many developers because it allows them to enrich the user experience without the need for complex JavaScript code.

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Jangwook Kim

Korean, live in Japan. The programmer. I love to learn something new things. I’m publishing my toy projects using GitHub. Visit https://www.jangwook.net.