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HTMX is full of JavaScript. Server-side-rendering without JavaScript is just back to the stuff Perl and PHP give you.


I don't think the point is to avoid Javascript, but to avoid depending on a random number of third-parties.

> Server-side-rendering without JavaScript is just back to the stuff Perl and PHP give you.

As well as Ruby, Python, Go, etc.


HTMX does not have external dependencies, only dev dependencies, reducing the attack surface.


Do you count LiveView (Elixir) in that assessment?




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