Hi Alex, thanks for the reply and for your work on HTMX. I love the idea and think there's a strong need for something like HTMX, and if HTMX can live up to those promises then great. For me it doesn't, currently, but it sounds like it does for others.
The relative link bugs are [0] and [1], and I fixed [2]. My fix was merged quickly, but the other two bugs of what appears to be similar significance, have been open for well over a year each. My issue however is less about these specific issues, and more the general lack of support for hypermedia, which speaks to a general state of HTMX not living up to its promises.
As for the DX, I think not having a build step, and code structure, are somewhat orthogonal. I agree with much of that essay, but most of it is about issues with complex build systems and the use of Typescript. It's not about having 190 top-level functions, which, with all due respect, I think indicates a lack of architecture. Again, the issue is less about the specifics, and more about the fact that HTMX is not living up to its promise of simplicity because of how impenetrable the codebase is in this regard.
As mentioned, so far I have found Stimulus and Turbo to be better implementations of what HTMX appears to promise to be. More activity in this space from anyone and everyone is great here though!
[0]: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/issues/1476
[1]: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/issues/1736
[2]: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/pull/1960
The relative link bugs are [0] and [1], and I fixed [2]. My fix was merged quickly, but the other two bugs of what appears to be similar significance, have been open for well over a year each. My issue however is less about these specific issues, and more the general lack of support for hypermedia, which speaks to a general state of HTMX not living up to its promises.
As for the DX, I think not having a build step, and code structure, are somewhat orthogonal. I agree with much of that essay, but most of it is about issues with complex build systems and the use of Typescript. It's not about having 190 top-level functions, which, with all due respect, I think indicates a lack of architecture. Again, the issue is less about the specifics, and more about the fact that HTMX is not living up to its promise of simplicity because of how impenetrable the codebase is in this regard.
As mentioned, so far I have found Stimulus and Turbo to be better implementations of what HTMX appears to promise to be. More activity in this space from anyone and everyone is great here though!
[0]: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/issues/1476 [1]: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/issues/1736 [2]: https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx/pull/1960