Replacing React with Django and htmx in a SaaS Product

DjangoCon Europe · Talk · 27 min · 2022 · YouTube title: DjangoCon 2022 | From React to htmx on a real-world SaaS product: we did it, and it's awesome!

Why it's here

HN commenters point to it as a real-world case study of moving from React to htmx, especially in threads on boring web development and HTML over the wire.

What it covers

David Guillot describes how his team replaced a two-year-old React UI of their SaaS product with Django templates and htmx in a couple of months. The talk gives concrete indicators on code size, performance and team impact.