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Re:htmx 2.0.0-beta1 by jwells89 on Sunday March 17, 2024 @01:45PM (#39736322)
> The main downside I have with it though, is I just can't seem to remember how to use it. Every time I need HTMX I have to look at code I've written or go to the docs. There's just too many options with names that are confusing (hx-swap, hx-swap-oob, hx-target?).

Perhaps this could be smoothed over with snippets or an autocomplete extension for whichever text editor is being used?

Re:htmx 2.0.0-beta1 by blopker on Sunday March 17, 2024 @02:33PM (#39736758)
Maybe. I think it's just a high-level library for a specialized domain. It's not like imperatively coding JavaScript, spelling out each action step-by-step. The fact that I just need a little of it to do a lot means I just don't need to use it that much, and then I forget how.

I could see a better tutorial experience with live examples for common patterns. Something like SolidJS does (https://www.solidjs.com/tutorial/introduction_basics). That would be a good reference. Alternatively, a copy/paste pattern library, like what a lot of people are doing with Tailwind (https://daisyui.com/components/).