Less JavaScript more htmx (JS Party #171)

Jerod & Feross learn all about htmx (a pragmatic approach to web frontends) and _hyperscript (an experimental scripting language inspired by HyperTalk) with special guest Carson from Big Sky Software. Thanks to Rajasegar Chandran for requesting this episode!

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Featuring:

• Carson Gross – GitHub, X
• Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Feross Aboukhadijeh – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• What the web could be (in 2021 and beyond)
• The future of the web is HTML over the wire
• htmx
• Active Search example
• Extensions reference
• Locality of behavior
• _hyperscript
• HyperTalk
• Event-driven Control Flow

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!