A collection of 9 posts
Community member Jonathan Channon recently approached me about an appropriate way to test your Htmx-powered applications using the Playwright testing framework. It can be annoying to get the timing right between sending an HTMX request, processing it on the server,...
When building web experiences, there are safe operations and destructive ones. In the case of dangerous actions, it’s widespread to ask the user if they’d like to continue with the action before ultimately executing it.
In my last post, Shoelace Web Components with ASP.NET Core, I showed ASP.NET Core developers how to integrate the web components of Shoelace into an existing web application. It’s incredible, and you should check it out. If you’ve read this...
I recently hosted JetBrains JavaScript Day with guest speaker Fred K. Schott of Astro fame, who spoke about the View Transitions API being introduced in modern browsers. You should watch the video, which will give you a primer for this...
If you’ve done any frontend development in the past decade, you’ve likely interacted with Bootstrap, a toolkit focused on providing developers with CSS layout rules and components. Additionally, no frontend toolkit is complete with the accompanying JavaScript to make components...
I maintain an ASP.NET Core enhancement library focused on integrating HTMX naturally into your web development workflow. It works great, but I must admit that HTMX is doing much of the heavy lifting regarding developer experience; it’s incredible! That said,...
I’ve recently been on an HTMX journey, trying to learn more about the library and slowly combining it with my expert-level knowledge of ASP.NET Core. What I’ve found along the way is that using HTMX is a powerful tool that...
HTMX is a JavaScript library designed to work with various HTTP methods: GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE. Three out of the four methods, excluding the GET method, are meant to cause side effects and mutations on the server: update a...
With all the momentum behind frontend frameworks, it’s often easy to forget that server-side rendering (SSR) is a mature approach to delivering fast and reliable user experiences. Unfortunately, one of the most significant drawbacks to frontend development is the experience...
