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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