Use Go's HTML/template to write React-like code
Hi all, I'm currently working on my hobby project, and one of the fun constraints I put in was to build using as less dependencies as possible. I chose Go as it has a really good standard library, and all went well for building backend. But for frontend, I was wondering whether I should break the constraint and go for React. I tried options like Web Components, but I really didn't like the ergonomics and I didn't want to use jQuery either. Out of curiosity, I was exploring Go's html/template package to see if I can write UIs in a React-like manner. I found most of the online docs using…
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This is a guide for building user interfaces using Go's built-in html/template package with a React-like approach. It is designed for Go developers who want to minimize external dependencies while building frontend code. The method uses Go's standard library features to create component-based UI patterns without relying on third-party template engines or JavaScript frameworks, offering an alternative to Web Components and jQuery for hobby projects and full-stack Go applications.
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Hi all, I'm currently working on my hobby project, and one of the fun constraints I put in was to build using as less dependencies as possible. I chose Go as it has a really good standard library, and all went well for building backend. But for frontend, I was wondering whether I should break the constraint and go for React. I tried options like Web Components, but I really didn't like the ergonomics and I didn't want to use jQuery either. Out of curiosity, I was exploring Go's html/template package to see if I can write UIs in a React-like manner. I found most of the online docs using the "slots" like approach which I found unintuitive. But after trial and error, I found an approach that's very close to React and without using any 3rd party packages like templ. I'd like to share this with the community, not sure if it's a common approach - https://www.sheshbabu.com/posts/react-like-composition-using...
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