Connecting Alpine.js to a Database REST API: A Simple Guide

In this simple guide, we'll create a dynamic web application using Alpine.js. We'll build a frontend with Alpine.js, a lightweight JavaScript/HTML framework, and show how to integrate it with a complete REST API database backend. For quick design this example uses DaisyUI and Tailwind CSS.

Setup the Alpine.js project files

Create a new a sub directory (e.g. app) to hold the Alpine.js files.

mkdir app

In the app directory, create two new files for the app source code. …

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