Frontend-Frameworks Python and Beyond - Discussion

Mar '24 (edited) • 💬 General

Hi everyone, just want to quickly drop a question concerning the "overall landscape" of frontend-frameworks.

Afaik, as Python Programmers we have the following options:

Templating Frameworks (Flask, Fast-API, Django): Uses Jinja, everything happens server-side, each small change forces a rerun and a refresh of the whole website, complex, slow
Streamlit / Dash / Gradio Frameworks: Varying degrees of speed/flexibility (rerun of the whole page or different components), uses ReactJS under the hood
HTMX: New framework which is like a templating framework but can be applied to single HTML elements, faster, more flexible
Full React/JS: Python is only used for the backend, the frontend is run by a JS-Framework, (maybe with GraphQL? - no idea what that does), professional, but steep learning curve
FastUI: No idea into which box to put th
Webassembly - no idea what that is either

I have used Streamlit, but I have found it a bit lacking in speed and flexibility. HTMX is promising, a full backend/frontend split and using JS for the frontend is probably the most professional approach.

What are your experiences, what is your opinion/preferences, do you agree with my assessment, or are there any factual mistakes?

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