Read the first two parts on web development, part three is about mobile application development, which I am not interested in.

Overall this is a very well written technical book both initiating the reader into the thinking of hypermedia applications and also showing how to practically build such applications in the HTMX framework and other supporting technologies.

The style is nice, both professional, but also with a light air of levity: like talking to a knowledgeable and friendly work colleague.

With part of the mission of the book being to persuade the reader to develop in a new paradigm the writers are both persuasive in their arguments, but not overbearing. They trust the intelligence and expertise of the reader to be able to interface with the concepts presented and come to their own conclusions.

The example project is complete and well structured. The progression was logical and introduces new concepts of the framework at a natural rate. At times I felt that the book was moving slower than my rate of comprehension, but I believe this is appropriate for the goals a introductory text.

By the end of my reading I have a firm understanding of the landscape of HTMX and feel initiated enough to begin implementing for my own projects. It leaves me excited to get my hands dirty and with the new conceptual paradigm given.

That all said, on content I give the book five stars, but the physical execution lacks the polish I expect in a hardcover technical book produced by three very serious people. I encountered multiple cases in my reading where content seemed to have been dropped between page boundaries. Additionally I found that in one code example towards the end of part two I believe that the wrong code was printed.

These mistakes detract from a quite excellent work and are hard to overlook. They definitely slowed down my reading, though I did not find any of the mistakes fatal. With careful reading and applying some critical thinking I could figure out the missing context and for the most part the meaning was not lost.

It feels as though the physical version of the book could have gone through one more proof read with a attention to detail.

These issues aside, I highly recommend anyone who has become intrigued with HTMX to pickup this book and read it. It is a wonderful introduction! I looked forward to seeing a second edition where the wrinkles are ironed out.