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Podcast Episode 21

Reactive Craft CMS frontends with Datastar

Guest

Ben Croker

Duration

1 hr 16 min

Ben Croker from PutYourLightsOn is back for a second appearance on CraftEntries. This time, he talks about Datastar, the hypermedia framework he joined six months ago and has been working on full-time ever since.

The idea: keep all state on the back end, drive the front end from there, and write your logic in Twig instead of JavaScript. For Craft developers comfortable with Twig, that is a compelling proposition. Ben explains how Datastar differs from his own Sprig plugin, where it makes sense for agencies, and why getting started is less about learning and more about unlearning.

 

Thomas Sausen

Web Developer

Self-employed web developer from Germany who started with WordPress websites in 2005, then moved to ExpressionEngine and lost his heart to Craft CMS in 2013. As the founder of Craftentries, he has been covering the Craft ecosystem since 2015.