django-sockpuppet VS reactivated

The vast majority of applications are like that. You need some javascript, not a ton. If you need more than just a little bit of interactivity, you can use something like htmx or django-sockpuppet or any other number of things to get SPA-like interactivity without a dedicated frontend.

> Django with React IMO is getting the right blend of isomorphic rendering down. I don't want to go full SPA with Django as this defeats the purpose of Django IMO.

What we want from something like react after all is reactivity, and it's possible to get that if you were to use something like https://github.com/jonathan-s/django-sockpuppet

So if you've got an open mind and want to test it's there for the taking.

Though it's not in the main branch, I've POC-ed a lot of it and use it in production on this branch. You can... sort of see the ideas behind it. https://github.com/silviogutierrez/reactivated/pull/207

Theoretically, the Dockerfile should "just work"™ with Render.com as well. Right now I focus on fly.io only because their free tier offers PostgreSQL without time limits. Render, I believe, only does so for a period of time.

See here: https://github.com/silviogutierrez/reactivated/blob/main/dev...

https://github.com/silviogutierrez/reactivated/blob/main/dev...

https://github.com/silviogutierrez/reactivated/blob/main/dev...

Shameless plug: If you want seamless SSR with Django logic, but React templates, check out my project at https://www.reactivated.io .

It's like HTMX but uses React, and the JS bits are rendered on the server. You can then hydrate on the client.

The Reactivated docs site itself uses the project: https://github.com/silviogutierrez/reactivated/tree/main/web...

reactivated – Zero-configuration Django and React.

Be sure to check out the RFC: https://github.com/silviogutierrez/reactivated/discussions/categories/rfc

The documentation site itself uses the framework, you can see it here: https://github.com/silviogutierrez/reactivated/pull/150

You can use any React library with Reactivated. Here's an example from the site, using react-markdown just like you would anywhere else: https://github.com/silviogutierrez/reactivated/blob/91d87e66c61c849895cabcc1ce07574111084c3a/reactivated.io/client/templates/Documentation.tsx

That's exactly what https://github.com/silviogutierrez/reactivated does. It's a work in progress and docs are coming.

But it's the best of both worlds: Django SSR using statically typed JSX.

See for example my blog or business sites (on profile). Both SSRed by Django using React templates.

Then when the client loads, it gracefully "attaches" for dynamic interactive behavior as needed.

By far the biggest pain point is having to run node and python on the server. So I'm working on the best way to do that.