Loose Coupling in the Frontend with 'Hotwire: HTML over the wire' or Death to Single-Page Applications
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The talk contrasts modern Single Page Applications (React, Angular, Vue) with the Hotwire approach (HTML over the wire). It explains why SPAs were developed, argues that SPA architecture is now legacy, and shows how Hotwire—using low-level web standards to send HTML rather than heavy client-side frameworks—can preserve SPA-like UX while enabling looser coupling between teams and simpler, more scalable frontend architectures.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Loose coupling motivation
- 6:27SPA costs
- 9:15HTML over wire vs SPAs
- 12:02Hotwire overview: Drive, Frames, Streams
- 17:19Demo: Turbo Drive and Frames
- 22:36Demo: Code and integration
- 27:59Loose coupling with Hotwire
- 30:04Summary
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