Two Paradigms for Enhancing HTML Tags đź”—
Before I describe the two different paradigms for enhancing HTML tags, let’s first explain what it means to enhance an HTML tag. I’ll use the <form> t [...]
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The Web Platform is a Triumph of Object-Oriented Programming đź”—
In a past life, I wrote an article called HTML is a Serialized Object Graph and That Changes Everything which made the case why understanding the decl [...]
The Nuances of JavaScript Typing using JSDoc đź”—
As someone who has worked extensively on codebases using TypeScript, as well as codebases using JavaScript, I am here to inform you: I greatly prefer [...]
Write Custom Extensions for htmx to Make it Your Own Personal Toolkit đź”—
Hot take: the killer feature of htmx which transforms it from a nice lil’ opinionated DSL for HTML-based reactivity to a powerhouse full-stack framewo [...]
Add Terrific DX to Your UI Web Components with nimble-html đź”—
Previously on That HTML Blog, I wrote about a new library I released called Reciprocate. The TL;DR is that it lets you add signal-based reactivity (bo [...]
Give “fetch” a Bit More Oomph with “ffetch” 🔗
I cannot sing the praises of fetch loudly enough. As a frontend (and backend!) JavaScript developer, having ready access to this native web API where [...]
Announcing Reciprocate, a Sweet Solution for Making Your HTML Web Components Reactive đź”—
Have you ever been chipping away on a vanilla web component when you began to wonder “hey waitaminute…how do I make it so when I set this JavaScript p [...]
Declarative HTML Binding in Only 20 Lines of Code! (and Signals) đź”—
Over the past few years I’ve said on many occasions that signals, a reactive primitive popularized by many JavaScript frameworks and libraries (and mo [...]
Friends at Last: Tailwind & CSS…whodathunkit?! 🔗
Ever since the momentous release of Tailwind CSS version 4 at the start of this year (January 2025), I have been telling people that the CSS Framework [...]
More Fun with Invoker Commands and Web Components đź”—
August 2025 Update: I actually overcomplicated my workaround described below. There’s a simpler workaround, and that’s in this CodePen—thanks to the c [...]