A senior engineer swapped a server‑rendered CRUD module from React to HTMX, measured build times, PR review speed, and bug rates, and found that simplifying UI interactions to HTTP requests dramatically reduced client‑side state complexity, improved predictability, and empowered junior developers.
The article argues that React functions as a high‑level polyfill for early web platform gaps, advocates using native JavaScript for small tasks, compares procedural and React approaches to drag‑and‑drop, and recommends a lightweight stack of Tailwind, Turbo/HTMX, and minimal JS for modern web apps.
A team swapped a heavyweight React front‑end for HTMX, removing over twelve thousand lines of code, shrinking bundle size, speeding up first‑paint and interaction times, and shifting complexity back to the server while preserving functionality and improving developer onboarding.
The article explores the emerging zero‑bundle paradigm that shifts rendering to the server and loads JavaScript on demand, reviewing tools like HTMX, Qwik, and Marko, and explains why this approach is becoming essential for faster, lighter web experiences in 2025.
This tutorial shows how to integrate HTMX into Spring Boot 3 projects to build SPA‑like pages without writing JavaScript, covering environment setup, AJAX requests, debounced search, multi‑form queries, HTML fragment rendering, and Server‑Sent Events with full code examples.
This article explains why using a JavaScript framework isn’t always necessary, outlining five practical scenarios—simple projects, pure HTML/CSS solutions, modern ES6 features, creative freedom, and HTMX—that allow developers to build efficient web applications without added complexity.
This article outlines five clear scenarios—simple projects, sufficient HTML/CSS, modern ES6 features, desire for creative freedom, and HTMX alternatives—where using a JavaScript framework adds unnecessary complexity and can be safely avoided.
HTMX offers a lightweight, HTML‑attribute‑driven approach that adds AJAX, WebSocket and server‑sent event interactivity without JavaScript, making it ideal for simple pages, while React provides a full‑featured, component‑based JavaScript library with a steep learning curve, extensive ecosystem, and superior scalability for complex, state‑driven applications.
