Hi, I'm Scott Galloway.

Using SweetAlert2 for HTMX Loading indicators (hx-indicator)

On a work project I've been using and abusing HTMX to build an admin UI. As part of this I'm using the lovely SweetAlert2 Javascript library for my confirmation dialogs. It works great but I also wanted to use them to replace my HTMX loading indicators. This…

Showing Toast and Swapping Content with HTMX (And ASP.NET Core)

HTMX is a great library for making your web applications more dynamic and responsive. In this post, I'll show you how to use HTMX to show a toast notification and swap content on the page. One of the 'limitations' in standard HTMX (i.e., not OOB swaps) is that…

A Paging View Component ASP.NET Core Tag Helper (Part 2, PageSize)

As part of my ongoing sage with my paging tag helper I have now separated out PageSize into its own tag helper. This is to make the tag helper more flexible and to allow for more complex paging scenarios. Again; these are all works-in progress. I'm already up…

An Apology about my Nuget Package

Well I've been playing with a nuget package for doing paging stuff in ASP.NET and well I never thought there'd be 1.7k downloads. I thoght not making a 1.0 version would make it clear that it was a bit of a toy but I guess not. SO FAR So far in 10 days I've…

A Paging View Component ASP.NET Core Tag Helper (Part 1.1, kinda sorta...A Flippy Tag Helper)

So while building out a project I originally built the paging tag helper for I also cam across ANOTHER need. A way to easily build sorting functionality for a table of results with HtMX support. So...I present to you the Flippy Table Header tag helper thingy.…

A Paging View Component ASP.NET Core Tag Helper (Part 1 the Bare-Bones)

A work project the other day necessitated implementing paging form results. My go-to paging tag helper has always been the pagination Tag Helper by Darrel O'Neill as I wrote about here however for whatever reason it's just stopped working for me. So instead of…

Building a Workflow System with HTMX and ASP.NET Core - Part 4: Hangfire Integration and Automation

In Part 3, we built a beautiful visual editor. But our workflows only run when we manually trigger them. In this final post, we'll make workflows truly autonomous using Hangfire for: Scheduled execution - Run workflows on a schedule API polling - Monitor…

Building a Workflow System with HTMX and ASP.NET Core - Part 3: Building the Visual Editor

In Part 2, we built a powerful workflow engine. But workflows defined in JSON aren't very user-friendly. In this post, we'll create a stunning visual workflow editor - think "dummy's Node-RED" - using HTMX, Alpine.js, TailwindCSS, and DaisyUI. By the end of…

Building a Workflow System with HTMX and ASP.NET Core - Part 2: Architecture and Core Engine

In Part 1, we introduced the concept of building a custom workflow system. Now it's time to get our hands dirty! In this post, we'll build the core workflow engine - the heart of our system that executes node-based workflows. By the end of this post, you'll…

Building a Workflow System with HTMX and ASP.NET Core - Part 1: Introduction

Workflow systems are everywhere in modern applications - from simple approval processes to complex multi-step automations. While there are excellent commercial solutions like Temporal, Airflow, and n8n, sometimes you need something tailored to your specific…