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		Kiro on Dec 26, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How a hypermedia approach can address usability co... Doesn't using something like hx-preserve effectively make it an SPA? It makes an AJAX request and replaces part of the DOM. What's the difference?

qbasic_forever on Dec 26, 2021 | [–]

That's the point, it is basically a SPA but without all of the complexity and (over)engineering of using a modern JS frontend stack.

deniska on Dec 26, 2021 | [–]

The difference is not having to touch NPM.

recursivedoubts on Dec 26, 2021 | [–]

And also staying within the original hypermedia model of the web.

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