If you read this blog, you likely know I predominantly work with .NET technologies and use web technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. The web is an excellent space for new and exciting ways to solve age-old problems. I recently thought about the Blazor “Counter” example that ships with the Blazor Wasm template and how I’ve solved the same problem using Htmx. The issue with Htmx is that it still requires a backend to manage the state; in the case of a counter, this state is the current count. What if you wanted to build a self-contained client-side experience?
Alpine.js is a declarative library aimed at helping developers build client-side interactivity using HTML attributes on DOM elements. This post will show you how to create the same Blazor Counter example with very little JavaScript and network payloads.
