Modern web development is complex.
Building an interactive full-stack web application often requires TypeScript, a JavaScript framework, third-party libraries to handle routing and data fetching, a JSON API, serialization, and a database.

To reduce this complexity, one alternative is using server-side HTML templating engines like Thymeleaf or Handlebars.
However, this approach sacrifices interactivity and component composability, and it introduces the risk of template breakage whenever the data model changes, due to the lack of static compilation.
Additionally, you still need to learn and understand the templating language syntax.

In this talk, discover how to quickly build a full-stack web application without relying on a templating engine or a frontend framework.
We’ll bypass the complexity of JSON and REST APIs altogether.
Instead, experience the power of Kotlin DSLs, which allow you to write expressive, composable and type-safe code,
and achieve a user experience rivaling Single Page Applications by using HTMX for dynamic interactions without JavaScript.
Using a simple web application as an example, we'll explore how to do routing, page transitions, real time validation, and write components that can be reused across pages.

By the end of this session, you’ll gain a fresh perspective on building modern web applications efficiently and effectively.