A Goal suggestion about solving a, what should I say, specific problem, that is neither an enhancment, an Idea or a bug. #910

named-gif · 2026-07-30T17:30:31Z

named-gif
Jul 30, 2026

The problem

I don't want to hate, but let's be honest: "Normal" html is easier to understand and to codde than fast html (yet). But (maybe) we can change that!
And its only harder to code or to understand, if you want to create a WebApp. If you aren't convinced yet, then look at the two following codes for a simple to do list(without ticking or deleting the elements):
html (you even needn't to install anything, but we can't change anything because html is a language made special for websites and fast html(what is basically python) isn't):

<doctype! html>
<html lang='en'>
    <head>
        <script>
            document.addEventlistener('keydown', (e) => {
                output = document.getElementById('output')
                input = document.getElementById('input')
                if (e === 'Enter) {
                    list_element = document.createElement('li')
                    list_element.innerHTML = input.value
                    output.appendChild(list_element)
                }
            })
        </script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <ul id="output"></ul>
        <input id="input">
    </body>
</html>

That same simple to do in fast html:

from fasthtml.common import *


app, rt = fast_app(pico=False)

todos: list[str] = []


@rt("/")
def get():
    return Titled(
        "Todo-Liste",

        Form(
            Input(
                type="text",
                name="task",
                placeholder="New task",
                required=True
            ),
            Button(
                "Add",
                type="submit"
            ),
            action="/add",
            method="post"
        ),

        Ul(
            *(Li(task) for task in todos)
        )
    )


@rt("/add")
def post(task: str):
    task = task.strip()

    if task:
        todos.append(task)

    return Redirect("/")


serve()

The Goal

My Goal is, that fast html will be at least simplier than HTML.
My opinion is, that the best thing we can do is to simplify flask HTML with classes, functions etc.. And hey, python its self is already simple enough. Anything about it is welcome.

named-gif · 2026-07-31T10:06:16Z

named-gif
Jul 31, 2026
Author

A example
definition

from fasthtml.common import *
app, route = fast_app()
def simpleHTML(title='', *args):
    @route('/')
    def wrapper():
        return Titled(title, *args)

call:

simpleHTML('Example', h1('What's up?'))

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