Layout Syntax Proposal

Hi There,

Love your templating system! Glad to see someone still innovating in this space too.

Was wondering if you might consider a slightly different layout syntax. Right now we have this:

@import org.example.WelcomePage
@param WelcomePage welcomePage

@template.layout.page(
    page = welcomePage,
    content = @`
        <p>Welcome, ${welcomePage.getUserName()}.</p>
    `,
    footer = @`
        <p>Thanks for visiting, come again soon!</p>
    `
)

which makes a ton of sense. But it’s a little ugly having to indent the markup like that. What about an alternative syntax that captures the same idea:

@import org.example.WelcomePage
@param WelcomePage welcomePage
@layout template.layout.page(page=welcomePage)

@layout:content
   <p>Welcome, ${welcomePage.getUserName()}.</p>

@layout:footer
  <p>Thanks for visiting, come again soon!</p>

I’m not settled on this particular syntax, it’s just an example, but the idea is to linearize the content/markup so it’s easier to parse visually and you don’t have small little back-tics and commas interspersed throughout.

[1cg]

That’s awesome to hear Andreas. If you have time at some point I would love to chat.

I have a new project bubbling along that is going to bring htmx to the JVM (I am a java developer who has spent a decade in rails) and I like jte the most of all the template systems I have seen. Would love to chat about the project, understand where you are going with it and maybe even contribute if I can be of help.

You can find me on the htmx discord and DM me, or email me at carson at bigsky dot software. Thank you! You can close this issue out if you like!

[casid]

Thank you! I’ve sent you a message on discord 😃