Stop Wrestling with JavaScript: htmxRazor Gives ASP.NET Core the Component Library It Deserves

Stop Wrestling with JavaScript: htmxRazor Gives ASP.NET Core the Component Library It Deserves

Here is an uncomfortable truth the ASP.NET Core community has been avoiding for too long: server-rendered web development should not require you to adopt React, Vue, or Angular just to get a decent set of UI components. For years, .NET developers have been stuck choosing between two bad options. You can wire up Bootstrap by hand, bolting htmx attributes onto …

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htmx + ASP.NET Core Razor Pages Workshop

Stop Building SPAs for Every Screen: htmx + ASP.NET Core Razor Pages Workshop (Open)

If your default move for “modern UX” is a SPA, you are paying a tax you do not need. You pay for it in build pipelines, duplicated validation rules, fragile client state, and a front end that turns routine CRUD into an engineering project. This workshop is a different bet. We keep the server in charge, keep HTML as the …

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Keeping Your htmx Apps Safe: Security Best Practices for ASP.NET Developers

Keeping Your htmx Apps Safe: Security Best Practices for ASP.NET Developers

Alright, developer friends, it’s time to talk about something we all know is essential but often neglect until it’s too late: security. htmx makes building interactive apps with ASP.NET Razor Pages a breeze, but if you’re not careful, you could be opening your app to all sorts of nasty vulnerabilities. Let’s make sure that doesn’t happen.

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