A hypermedia-oriented JavaScript library
npm install htmx.org
high power tools for HTML
htmx allows you to access AJAX, CSS Transitions,
WebSockets and Server Sent Events
directly in HTML, using attributes, so you can build
modern user interfaces with the simplicity and
power of hypertext
htmx is small (~14k min.gz'd),
dependency-free &
extendable
* Why should only and be able to make HTTP requests?
* Why should only click & submit events trigger them?
* Why should only GET & POST be available?
Why should you only be able to replace the entire* screen?
By removing these arbitrary constraints htmx completes HTML as a
hypertext
``html`
The hx-post and hx-swap attributes tell htmx:
> When a user clicks on this button, issue an AJAX request to /clicked, and replace the entire button with the response
htmx is the successor to intercooler.js
To install using npm:
`
npm install htmx.org --save
Note there is an old broken package called htmx. This is htmx.org.
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To develop htmx locally, you will need to install the development dependencies.
Run:
`
npm install
Then, run a web server in the root.
This is easiest with:
`
npx serve
You can then run the test suite by navigating to:
At this point you can modify /src/htmx.js to add features, and then add tests in the appropriate area under /test.
* /test/index.html - the root test page from which all other tests are included/test/attributes
* - attribute specific tests/test/core
* - core functionality tests/test/core/regressions.js
* - regression tests/test/ext
* - extension tests/test/manual` - manual tests that cannot be automated
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htmx uses the mocha testing framework, the chai assertion framework
and sinon to mock out AJAX requests. They are all OK.
*javascript fatigue:
longing for a hypertext
already in hand*