HTMX Creator Carson Gross on Comp Sci's Evolution

HTMX Creator Carson Gross on Comp Sci's Evolution

From Software Unscripted by Richard Feldman

April 1, 2026 · 1h 28m

About this episode

Carson Gross discusses the evolution of HTMX and changes in Computer Science education with Richard Feldman.

HTMX creator and Montana State University instructor Carson Gross talks to Richard about why HTMX moved from version 2 straight to version 4, API boundaries in library design, jQuery, and how the field of Computer Science education is now changing from the perspective of someone who's been teaching it for years. This episode was sponsored by mailtrap.io - modern email delivery for developers. Try Mailtrap for free: https://l.rw.rw/software_unscripted_2 Patreon supporters get ad-free episodes! https://www.patreon.com/SoftwareUnscripted - HTMX - https://htmx.org/ - Version 2 → Version 4 announcement https://htmx.org/essays/the-fetchening/ - Shoutout to other htmx contributors: https://github.com/bencroker https://github.com/benpate https://github.com/alexpetros https://github.com/Telroshan https://github.com/MichaelWest22 - Carson's hardware course - https://github.com/msu/csci-366-spring2025/blob/main/SYLLABUS.md - Big Sky Dev Conf - https://bigskydevconf.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Richard Feldman

Guest: Carson Gross

Topics covered

  • HTMX
  • Computer Science education
  • library design
  • API boundaries
  • jQuery
  • software development

Keywords

  • HTMX
  • Computer Science
  • API design
  • jQuery
  • education
  • software development
  • mailtrap

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Montana State University, HTMX, jQuery, Big Sky Dev Conf

Books & works: Version 2 → Version 4 announcement, Carson's hardware course

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