This todo list was built to get to know intercooler.js.

Intercooler forms the AJAX request on the client, which is responded to by the NodeJS server using:

• Express
• Handlebars

No login, no database, no security features, just the bare bones to get to know the stack a little.

Having got my feet wet with intercooler on this little project, I mostly like the way it works.

The simplicity of it is great, and so is the effectiveness. Going against the client-side rendering that React, Angular, Vue et al are all doing, in Intercooler everything is simply an AJAX request, and I return the fully formed HTML from the server. I can code everything in my cozy controllable own server environment and know it works, which is a great plus.

The attributes method is a little strange to get used to. I'm used to reading and writing more imperative code. I doubt the attributes count as declarative exactly, but it takes some getting used to regardless if you were always just writing JavaScript.