XRss – RSS Reader and web stack demo
XRss is a simple RSS reader web app built to showcase xtemplate, a new web development tool based on Go's html/template and Caddy server. The entire site UI for XRss comes from a single HTML template file. This index.html includes everything from SQL queries and route definitions and handlers to htmx state transition attributes and tailwindcss classes, and developing it requires zero build steps (amortized). Check out the source which manages to be at once banal and gnarly: https://github.com/infogulch/xrss/blob/master/templates/inde... xtemplate…
XRss – RSS Reader and web stack demo launched on September 2, 2023 with 144 votes, #351 of 4,228 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches.
In plain words
XRss is a simple RSS reader web app that demonstrates xtemplate, a web development tool built on Go's html/template and Caddy server. The entire application interface comes from a single HTML template file containing SQL queries, route definitions, handlers, htmx attributes, and Tailwind CSS classes, requiring no build steps. XRss is designed for developers interested in exploring an alternative approach to web development that prioritizes simplicity and fast response times through in-memory template preloading and direct SQLite queries.
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In the maker’s words, at launch
XRss is a simple RSS reader web app built to showcase xtemplate, a new web development tool based on Go's html/template and Caddy server. The entire site UI for XRss comes from a single HTML template file. This index.html includes everything from SQL queries and route definitions and handlers to htmx state…
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