Making Coding Fun Again with PocketBase, ExpressJS, and HTMX

Join me in this video walkthrough of the code I used to create a unique tech stack that uses PocketBase.io's lightweight backend as a service platform along with HTMX.org with EJS.co templates, and finally a ExpressJS.com backend to connect everything together. And don't forget picocss.com for instant styling.
In this video you'll learn
The basics of web authentication using PassportJS, Express-Session, and PocketBase
Some core concepts of HTMX
Templating with EJS and EJS-Mate for layouts
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Source code:
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[@leaxem]

Great tutorial! Can't wait for the next one.

[@khaledabdelal8015]

Why not remove the express server and just use the go backend you already have. You can extend pocketbase to have your own routing/templets

[@DevSprout]

I'll definitely look into that, thanks Khaled!

[@axMf3qTI]

Genuine question why did you choose to go for Expressjs? Pocketbase uses echo for it api and PB is extensible. Did you go with Express out of familiarity?

[@DevSprout]

Yeah definitely one part familiarity and also bc by default PB serves JSON and I needed a layer where I could introduce templates. If I can figure out how to extend PB to serve HTML then I'd totally remove the added complexity of express.