# Is it just me, or is Hyperscript hideous?

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**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [October 22, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-hyperscript-hideous/131635 "2019-10-22T13:42:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 22, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-hyperscript-hideous/131635/1 "2019-10-22T13:42:37Z")

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Just venting here, but having used more templating languages than I care to remember (Jinja2, ERB, FTL, XSLT, JSX, Handlebars, etc), I find Hyperscript utterly horrid to work with.

In no particular order, the things it breaks include:

- Code portability (can’t copy/paste html snippets without running them through a converter)
- Syntax highlighting (turns everything into a huge blob) eg  
 ![01](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/4/0463daa5dc757be07a884c25332affb7c0c3531b.png)vs ![56](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/0/f/0f1d3c2a8f93d1d85f40f630569137788de62304.png)
- Code completion is FUBAR, let alone time-savers like [https://emmet.io](https://emmet.io/)

I never thought anything would make me pine for the bad old days of PHP, but Hyperscript’s done it!

Is it just me?

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