I Switched from Htmx to Datastar
14 hours ago
- #datastar
- #web-development
- #htmx
- David Guillot's DjangoCon Europe talk showcased converting a React app to HTMX, reducing code by 70%.
- Teams have found that switching from single-page to multi-page hypermedia apps can cut code by 60% or more.
- Datastar offers similar benefits to HTMX but with less code and better real-time capabilities without WebSockets.
- Datastar simplifies UI updates with fewer attributes compared to HTMX, improving developer experience.
- Datastar's server-driven approach keeps update logic centralized, unlike HTMX's scattered logic.
- Datastar supports component-level thinking, preventing invalid states and improving maintainability.
- Datastar enables real-time multi-user apps using Server-Sent Events (SSE) for push-based updates.
- Datastar promotes web-native features like CSS view transitions and web components.
- Community tips include re-rendering whole components, letting the server handle state, and using web components.
- Datastar enables high-performance applications, such as updating 800,000 points per second in a radar app.