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Life & fun · June 26, 2022

Glossary page template with a built-in editor

This started out as a static HTML file, being used by some developers at my current employer to document "domain terminology" relevant to products we're building. Soon it became too much work to update the items in the HTML manually, so I added a JavaScript-based editor. It relies on a tiny Node.js server to write changes back to the HTML file. Not as user-friendly as a "normal" web-based application, but it does mean we can keep the HTML file under version control and follow our normal development process for making/tracking changes.

Glossary page template with a built-in editor launched on June 26, 2022 with 52 votes, #846 of 3,005 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.

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In plain words

Glossary page template with a built-in editor is a tool for documenting domain terminology. It combines a static HTML file with a JavaScript-based editor and Node.js backend, allowing developers to update glossary entries directly. Changes are saved back to the HTML file, enabling version control integration and standard development workflows. It prioritizes maintainability over traditional web application interfaces.

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From the sources

A single HTML page with a built-in editor for creating a glossary that can be hosted anywhere. The integrated editor UI is meant to be run and used by a single local user only. It is not designed to be exposed to untrusted users. In its current state this project is not very suitable for glossaries of more than (say) 500from glossary.page

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