Hypermedia Systems
Hypermedia Systems by Gross, Stepinski and Aksimsekby Gross, Stepinski and Aksimsek
Tied for most recommended of 3 web development books
People recommend it for explaining hypermedia and full integration better than the library's own site, and for practical idioms that work well in practice.
People recommend it for explaining hypermedia and full integration better than the library's own site, and for practical idioms that work well in practice.
4 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 4
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 4 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Explains full integration better than the library site
“I found the book (hyper media systems) to be better at explaining full integration than the library site”
Comment from 18 Dec 2025 in “Please just try HTMX” Covers the hypermedia ideas behind htmx
“htmx is based on the ideas of hypermedia, you can read the first chapter in our book on the topic here”
Comment from 28 Aug 2026 in “Htmx 4.0” Shows idioms that work in practice
“If you are interested in idioms that work well in practice, refer to the book”
Comment from 21 Dec 2025 in “Please just try HTMX”
Other web development books people recommend
The two most recommended other web development books, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypermedia Systemsby Gross, Stepinski and AksimsekThis page | 4 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Every Layoutby Heydon Pickering and Andy Bell | 4 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| CSS: The Definitive Guideby Eric Meyer | 4 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
All 4 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“htmx is based on the ideas of hypermedia, you can read the first chapter in our book on the topic here”
“I came to the conclusion that the best frontend is no frontend.”
“If you are interested in idioms that work well in practice, refer to the book”
“I found the book (hyper media systems) to be better at explaining full integration than the library site”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.