CJ joins Scott and Wes to dive into why he’s all-in on Hono, a fast and lightweight web framework for every JavaScript runtime. From familiar route creation to type-safe middleware, find out how Hono keeps things simple, powerful, and ready to use inside Next.js.

Show Notes

• 00:00 Welcome to Syntax!
• 00:46 Brought to you by Sentry.io.
• 01:11 What is Hono?
  • Watch CJ’s Video Here

03:21 Syntax Meetup San Francisco.

04:02 Why I like Hono, and why you should try it.

04:08 Familiar route creation.

• Connect: an extensible HTTP server framework for node.

05:45 Supports every JS Runtime.

07:00 How a service worker works.

08:48 Helpers.

09:16 Middleware.

10:40 Sentry middleware.

10:55 JSX support.

13:21 Organizing route handlers while keeping Types.

14:24 Type safety.

• hono-open-api-starter.
• zod-openapi.

15:46 Defining base type.

• Pinojs

17:36 Validation.

18:52 Hono RPC client.

22:09 Hono inside of Next.js.

23:30 Testing.

25:22 The community.

27:34 Type support.

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