3.0.0

[mattesmohr]

I have decided to remove the pre-rendering and the context management as it currently exists. As I think it was a good decision back then, now I think the swift language and the server performance has evolved since then, so it would be fair enough to drop it.

Also I think a template engine makes more sense in cases, where the markup language and the language, the engine is written in, are two different languages. In HTMLKit, this ist not the case.

I do know, dropping the pre-rendering costs performance, but I think the results are still acceptable.

I think the decision is worth to bump the package version to 3.0.0. But of course there are more changes coming. I will list them here.

Native statements

Dropping the pre-rendering allows us to use the native statements expression like if, else, for and string interpolation.

View renderer

No pre-rendering means no cache. Therefore I had to change the Vapor provider again. Do use the provider you just have to call request.htmlkit.render() in your controller handler. Thats it. You don't have to add a view for pre-rendering anymore.

Releases

Alpha 1

https://github.com/vapor-community/HTMLKit/releases/tag/3.0.0-alpha.1

Alpha 2

https://github.com/vapor-community/HTMLKit/releases/tag/3.0.0-alpha.2

Alpha 3

https://github.com/vapor-community/HTMLKit/releases/tag/3.0.0-alpha.3

Alpha 4

https://github.com/vapor-community/HTMLKit/releases/tag/3.0.0-alpha.4

Alpha 5

https://github.com/vapor-community/HTMLKit/releases/tag/3.0.0-alpha.5

Alpha 6

https://github.com/vapor-community/HTMLKit/releases/tag/3.0.0-alpha.4

[nonfungibletunji]

Where is the documentation for using?

[mattesmohr]

There is no documentation for 3.0.0 yet, as my focus right now, is more on creating a stable API. If things are more certain, I will update the documentation for sure. But you can ask me or you can have a look on https://github.com/mattesmohr/Website. It should be up to date to a certain point.

[nonfungibletunji]

Does the website actually work? What’s the URL, just curious….

[mattesmohr]

Nope, the website is currently offline. I understand. What are you interested in? Components, Performance?

[nonfungibletunji]

Be able to fully deploy a swift written website to vercel, https://github.com/swift-cloud/Vercel I have working code deployed to vercel using https://github.com/BinaryBirds/swift-html Working and just trying to solidify my options….does the Svg tag work with HTMLKit

[mattesmohr]

I see. Well, I think it depends on what you like to do. I see HTMLKit as more than just a DSL. Also it's written only for Vapor at the moment. I cannot estimate what needs to be done to work with Vercel. In the near future there will be a preview page of HTMLKit. Maybe then you will get a better picture what HTMLKit is. So I would you recommend to wait and stay tuned.

[nonfungibletunji]

Any updates on documentation

[mattesmohr]

Hiya, you can find the recently added tutorials on SPI and the API documentation also here.

Disclaimer: Still in progress