DjangoCon 2022 | From React to htmx on a real-world SaaS product: we did it, and it's awesome!

Why HN readers recommended it

HN commenters point to it as a real-world case study of moving from React to htmx, especially in threads on boring web development and HTML over the wire.

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

DjangoCon Europe

Topic

react to htmx migration

Format

talk

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

8

Recommendation years in dataset

2022–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• I'm not aware of exactly what you're looking for, but I think such a resource would be very valuable. Unfortunately, modern web development has almost completely eschewed simplicity. I can offer some leads, though. This is more of a manifesto but there is a small …

• It depends on the usecases & application reqs. There are times when server-rendered content can have enormous benefits over a SPA. Check out this djangocon talk where a SaaS product moved from react to htmx. [VIDEO]

• You can check this talk out [VIDEO] I was thinking the same but in the video they specifically talk about faceted search and how they did it with htmx. For the second part you probably go with your own javascript or get away with hyperscript