HTML Re-imagined for the era of web apps

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An extension to HTML lets authors build editable web apps without writing JavaScript by including a small script and stylesheet; data storage uses an MV storage attribute that supports GitHub and Dropbox backends or local storage, and UI for edits, uploads and collections appears automatically. A canonical to‑do requires zero lines of JavaScript. The project ships demos (to‑do, portfolio, image uploads, color picker, SVG editor, invoicing) and a 20‑person user study finds everyone completes basic CRUD and ~75% handle complex expressions, with perceived difficulty falling two points.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:21How Can We Make Web Programming Easier
3. 9:10Html Is Portable
4. 12:19Syntax
5. 18:49First Mobile App Ever Created
6. 20:29Font Variation
7. 21:25Color Picker
8. 21:46Hsl Color Picker
9. 22:26Simple Mortgage Calculator
10. 27:32Pull Requests
11. 30:20What's the Difference between Developing an Open Source Project and Being in Academia
12. 31:36Structure of the Study
13. 32:10Structured Study
14. 35:26Markup Based Conditionals
15. 36:01Summary for the Pre Style Study
16. 38:14Grouping

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