On: Moving from React to htmx

[pier25]

Use the right tool for the job. Obviously Gmail is a much better fit for React/Vue/etc than HTMX. Gmail is the perfect use case for an SPA but most web apps don't need to be an SPA.

[adamckay → pier25]

> Gmail is the perfect use case for an SPA

Is it really, though?

It's a paginated list of emails, some drag-and-drop functionality, buttons for some ajax functionality.

It works reasonably well, but it doesn't need to be so high Javascript compared to Google Docs or maps.

[hunterb123 → adamckay]

Viewing your emails offline is pretty important.

[pier25 → hunterb123]

And being able to use Gmail (search emails etc) while writing an email too