Bill Nourse

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• Hypermedia Systems By Carson Gross

  Posted on Mar 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM

  Hey Ben, Yes sorry, I was being rhetorical. And yes, one should always follow standard conventions. For me following semantics is also very helpful. So if you prefer to use POST when your intention is to PATCH or DELETE, sure it works, but let's say we agree to disagree :) Back to HTMX... ... read more »

• Hypermedia Systems By Carson Gross

  Posted on Mar 9, 2025 at 2:46 AM

  Hey Ben, You are right, and I admit, there is no hard fast rule in applying REST principles. Using only GET and POST requests can work, no argument there. To me, it is more a matter of semantics. If my intention is to delete something, using a DELETE request instead of a POST request would... read more »

• Hypermedia Systems By Carson Gross

  Posted on Mar 8, 2025 at 5:44 AM

  Hey Ben, I'm so happy you read up on HTMX. Like Hotwire, the concept isn't a framework or library, but a way of thinking. Carson Gross and David Heinemeier Hansson have pointed out we don't need to follow Javascript framework conventions. For example with a CFML server, you don't need a Java... read more »

• JavaScript Application Size Shouldn't Affect Performance

  Posted on Sep 3, 2024 at 7:14 PM

  Hey @Ben thanks for asking. I think you might be referring to frameworks that build a series of web components isolating CSS in the shadow dom. In my view, that approach is an example of overcomplication. You don't need the shadow dom, just a better approach in writing CSS. At least for mo... read more »

• JavaScript Application Size Shouldn't Affect Performance

  Posted on Aug 16, 2024 at 12:03 AM

  @Ben, Just to chime in a little, in regards to performance, there probably isn't much difference in what framework you use. But what keeps me out of the cool kid club is not wanting to use a JS framework at all. As Ray hinted, a JS Framework embeds HTML code (in Javascript) that renders ... read more »