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📺 In which we discuss Datastar beta 8, immutability, and event sourcing. 🎧 Also available on the podcast players. youtu.be/OV6xS865pF0

In case you missed last week’s @craftquest_io livestream in which I introduced and showed real-time demos using #CraftCMS, the recording is now online. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVjU...

Here’s a teaser of something I’m going to demo in tomorrow’s @craftquest.io livestream. I think you’ll want to see it! #CraftCMS craftquest.io/livestreams

I sat down with Lazarus of hx-pod to discuss the real-time chat application that he built, PHP quirks, and getting to grips with Datastar. (Also available on the podcast players.) #datastar #php #hyperscript #pubsub youtu.be/DTURjpV2ZHQ

Come learn about Datastar, a hypermedia framework that helps you build reactive web apps, with guest Ben Croker. Noon eastern on Thursday 2/20! 🚀

What happened when we injected nitrous into the engine, DOM morphing strategies, pub/sub messaging systems and NATS. #datastar #dom #hyperscript #nats youtu.be/zu92P9wyUfI

We are back on the tube, discussing beta 3, Datastar as a full-stack framework, and CQRS. You can find us on the podcast players, too. #datastar youtu.be/a6ByFsFCN0c

This example was shown using the PHP SDK. Not a long-lived connection, but one that stays alive only as long as it needs to. Configuring the backend to stop processing the request if the browser window is closed as as easy as adding a single line of code.

All Datastar SDKs will soon ship with a “Hello, world!” example that demonstrates fragments being streamed to the browser in a single response–all in just a few lines of code. Here you can see the DOM updates on the left, and the SSE events being streamed on the right.

🔴 In this pod, we discuss community updates, and how we think of Datastar as a progressive performance framework. 🚀 #performance #javascript #framework youtu.be/hUqFY9TQvdM

Damn this @htmx_org guy seems to really grok hypermedia, maybe we should listen to him? htmx.org/essays/alter...

We pressed record 🔴 We talked about Datastar v1 🚀 We uploaded a video 📼 #hypermedia #javascript #framework youtu.be/99wTA9sFEWE

Just released the Datastar package for Laravel 🤖 🥳 🚀 github.com/putyourlight...

Kicked off 2025 by releasing Datastar v1.0.0-beta.1 🚀 After a grueling couple of months, Delaney and I are delighted to finally tag a stable API that is as close to perfection as we can possibly imagine. Datastar is reactivity made declarative. Release notes: github.com/starfederati...

Datastar V1 just hit beta! This has been a huge lift and excited to get it into peoples hands. github.com/starfederati...

Wrote about Pixel & Tonic’s most productive year yet: craftcms.com/blog/2024-in... #CraftCMS

Just added a “Stop Overcomplicating It” guide, in which I attempt to translate @DelaneyGillilan’s event-streamed thoughts into words that actually make sense. Enjoy!! data-star.dev/guide/stop_o...

Love DevOps and working with Craft? We're looking for a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our team! https://www.workwithcraft.com/jobs/cloud-infrastructure-engineer #CraftCMS

Sorry Alpine.js, but this is *not* the way. Declarative hypermedia with Datastar is *the* way. data-star.dev/guide/gettin...

I rewrote the Going Deeper guide, explaining what declarative nestable signals are and why they are a superpower in Datastar. The reference docs are also brand new. Fasten your seatbelts folks, we’re quickly approaching V1 🚀 data-star.dev/guide/going_...

data-star.dev/essays/the_r... we are getting close people

At long last, the Datastar plugin for #CraftCMS is ready for lift-off 🚀 Docs are complete and there’s a migration guide for Spark users. putyourlightson.com/plugins/data...

CraftQuest on Call 100th Episode is live now with @ryanirelan.com and @nystudio107.com

For anyone interested in seeing how Datastar works with Craft CMS via @bencroker.com's Craft Datastar plugin, check out the Craft Datastar Pokemon Demo It demos a reactive faceted search & saving entry changes to the #craftcms backend via familiar Twig code #datastar github.com/khalwat/craf...

I’ve been working for weeks around the clock like a mad scientist on a not-so-secret project that is going to be pivotal in the way we build web apps. I cannot wait to share more. But right now I need to dive back in before this code starts writing itself! #CraftCMS