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htmx
Use when adding interactivity to a server-rendered app (FastAPI/Jinja, Django, Rails, Laravel, Go templates, Express) without adopting a JS framework — hx-get/post/put/delete with hx-target, hx-swap and hx-trigger, returning HTML fragments instead of JSON, out-of-band swaps, active search, infinite scroll, inline edit and polling. NOT a client-state SPA with routing and a store (that is `react` or `nextjs`).
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# htmx: hypermedia-driven UIs
The server owns all application state and renders HTML. The client is dumb: it swaps
server-rendered fragments into the DOM. There is no JSON API for the UI, no client store,
no virtual DOM, no client router. If you find yourself returning JSON and rendering it with
JavaScript, you have stopped doing htmx and started building an SPA — use a different tool.
**The unit of work is one request, described by four attributes on one element:**
1. a verb — `hx-get` / `hx-post` / `hx-put` / `hx-patch` / `hx-delete` (the URL)
2. `hx-target` — which DOM node receives the response (CSS selector or `this`)
3. `hx-swap` — how the response is placed (default `innerHTML`)
4. `hx-trigger` — on what event (default: natural — `click` for buttons, `submit` for forms,
`change` for inputs)