A new breed of frontend frameworks is proposing an alternative to client-side and server-side rendering and server-side rendering. In both, the app code runs on the browser, with all the problems client-side apps have - large bundle sizes, the need to store state and sync it with the server, etc. These frameworks - chief among them HTMX and Hotwire/Turbo - propose a different solution, harking back to the original web days, but with the added dynamism enabled by modern browsers. Join me to learn how you can write server-side apps - where most of the app code is server-generated HTML, yet has the dynamism and interactivity of client-side apps without the pains that come with running large amounts of code in the browser.
Principal Software Engineer at Microsoft