Htmx 1.2.0 Release

I automatically upvote any project that includes a haiku in it&#x27;s about page.<p><pre><code> javascript fatigue: longing for a hypertext already in hand </code></pre> - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;htmx.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;htmx.org&#x2F;</a>

Not a huge release, but it supports the hx-headers attribute and has some polish.<p>Ben pate did some cool work with the preload extension, to aggressively load images:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;htmx.org&#x2F;extensions&#x2F;preload&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;htmx.org&#x2F;extensions&#x2F;preload&#x2F;</a>

I had not previously heard of Htmx but this looks neat. My favorite part about Vue is it’s templating system so it feels just like supercharged html. Htmx reminds me of that, but seems to be nice combined with some other templating system like ERB. I’d love to try this out in a rails app to see how I like it compared to a separate JavaScript front and and rails in api mode!

I have been using htmx in one project and I must say I’m very happy about it. Take some getting used to but it integrates well. This release fixes some of my biggest issues. Difficult to send different variables om different requests and the need for a form tag. Nice!<p>Thanks for your hard work I will give this release a try soon. :)

Why did this get pushed to the 2nd page so fast?

Their modal and tab examples fail accessibility requirements. Dunno if that&#x27;s an issue with the examples or the library.

I like the idea and applaud the effort. But surely it&#x27;s just abstracting and implementing Javascript and thus obfuscating the knowledge of how that works.<p>I see this happen too often.<p>But then, some people know how to fix a car. Others don&#x27;t even know how to pop the hood. And this sort of thing is likely why.

Really cool, thanks!

Interesting concepts.<p>Let’s see if any FAANG companies or standards bodies or top tier open source frameworks adopt the extensions.