Template Writing

Template System

Hof uses Go’s text/template package adding several helpers. You can put both full templates and partial (reusable) template snippets in directorys or the generator definition. All partials will be registered with all templates for use with {{ template "path/to/partial.ext" }}.

Sections:

Notes

• how to write templates to avoid merge conflicts with diff3 algos
  • don’t have users write code at the edge of a range in template
    • add a comment like // edit below or // edit between
    • need stable code on both sides of where users will write
• giving your users a function or stub to fill in, keep separate
  • isolates custom code
    • gen code will call this
    • gen code can wrap / transform around this so users don’t have to update
    • this will be where we put the lenses type capabilities
• templates generally
• loaded partials
• inline partials
• page on how to use go’s templates

Debugging

The best way is to use comments and the yaml helper to inspect values. You can reduce, and then build back up, any conditional or loop logic. Often, a separate, development only, file will be used for this.

/*
{{ yaml .MyValue }}
*/