Augmenting the client with Alpine.js
This post is part of a series comparing different ways to implement asynchronous requests on the client, which is colloquially known as AJAX. I dedicated the previous post to Vue.js; I’ll dedicate this one to Alpine.js - not to be confused with Alpine Linux.
Unlike Vue.js, Alpine doesn’t seem to have templates. The official UI components are not free. I found an Open Source approach, but it’s unavailable on WebJars.
Alpine is very similar to Vue, with the notable difference of the lack of templating; components are only available via a price. All other features have an equivalent.
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