Software Engineering Radio - the podcast for professional software developers SE Radio 671: Carson Gross on HTMX
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Jun 4, 2025 
Carson Gross, creator of HTMX and Hyperscript, and a software engineering professor, discusses the innovative HTMX library. He highlights the growing complexity in web development and how HTMX embraces hypermedia principles to simplify processes. The conversation covers its architecture, integration strategies, and real-world applications, including a case study where a company transitioned from React to HTMX with impressive results. Carson also shares insights into the HTMX community and its roadmap for future development, promising a dynamic evolution in web applications.
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HTMX Simplifies Complex Web Development
- Modern web development has become complex due to sophisticated UI needs and developers' attraction to new technologies.
- HTMX offers a simpler approach for many web apps by returning to hypermedia principles.
Hypermedia Controls Power Web
- Hypermedia mixes display and control information in one document, enabling interactive experiences on the web.
- HTML's anchor tags and forms are canonical hypermedia controls that changed the web from read-only to interactive.
REST's Uniform Interface Explained
- REST's uniform interface lets clients discover actions dynamically via hypermedia, reducing the need for fixed client knowledge.
- Most modern so-called REST APIs are not truly RESTful because they lack hypermedia-driven control.