--- title: Intro to Hyperscript: Rethinking JavaScript | daily.dev description: Hyperscript is a simplified, more English-like JavaScript that can work standalone or in tandem with HTMX to simplify common scripting needs on the JavaScript... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/intro-to-hyperscript-rethinking-javascript-a6hajecs9 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Intro to Hyperscript: Rethinking JavaScript | daily.dev og:description: Hyperscript is a simplified, more English-like JavaScript that can work standalone or in tandem with HTMX to simplify common scripting needs on the JavaScript... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/intro-to-hyperscript-rethinking-javascript-a6hajecs9 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/A6hAJeCs9.png og:image:alt: Intro to Hyperscript: Rethinking JavaScript og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Intro to Hyperscript: Rethinking JavaScript **[InfoWorld](https://daily.dev/sources/infoworld)** · 7 min read · 13 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Hyperscript is a simplified, more English-like JavaScript that can work standalone or in tandem with HTMX to simplify common scripting needs on the JavaScript front end. It aims to tackle front-end complexity by providing a concise and expressive language. Hyperscript handles asynchronous events, looping, conditionals, and logging in a straightforward and concise manner. While it may not replace JavaScript entirely, it offers fresh ideas to improve the overall experience of developing on the web. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@bigjpg** · 2 upvotes > NOOOOOO! What are you mental, don't make another Javascript! **@ari435** · 1 upvotes > *BUZZZZ* Wrong answer. > > This is bad. Human readable =/= Clearer Code Understanding. > > Hell no, an enterprise wouldn't want this! 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