2025-05-21 - NDC Oslo

The complexity of single-page application (SPA) frameworks is increasing every year. Developers are not only faced with a steep learning curve, but a never-ending one. Every year, existing concepts are replaced by new ones, some of which radically change how we build applications. Granted, it is not impossible to keep up and write SPAs well. It just takes a lot of time, dedication and knowledge. This leads to teams being fragmented into (a few) frontend experts and the others. In this talk we will look at a modern approach with Htmx and WebComponents that is much simpler and can deliver at least the same user experience as a SPA. Teams don't have to learn two separate stacks for backend and frontend. This gives us full-stack teams that can be productive together. They can focus on the business logic again and less on the technical aspects.