2021-06-03, 15:50–16:35, Main Room
Javascript is eating the world, but it does not need to eat your project too!. In this talk we will explore lightweight frontend solutions for progressively enhancing a Django web page.
Javascript fadigue is real. As frontend development gets more and more complex, developers are required to learn a wide plethora of languages and tools to bring reactivity to their web apps.
Introducing a SPA framework into a Django project can bring a lot of complexity to the codebase, requiring context switching between two different languages (Python and Javascript) and expertise into a wide set of tools, like node, npm, webpack and babel. Accessibility and SEO can also be affected by the introduction of a SPA architecture.
In this presentation I am going to talk about taking a step back in front-end development and carefully weighting the pros and cons of introducing a Javascript framework into a Django project.
I will also show some examples of how to progressively enhance a web page, adding reactivity while maintaining the accessibility. We will explore some libraries like htmx, hotwire and alpinejs that can help keeping the frontend light and lean.