Simple HTMX/Tailwind/Go example

This module is a simple example of a web server using templ + htmx + tailwind.

The web server maintains a map of Users and the frontend allows vistors to the site to view, create, edit, and destroy Users.

It is extremely basic and only intended to demonstrate some basic elements of the featured tools.

Features

• ✨ CRUD actions implemented with htmx
• ✨ HTML elements generated with templ
• ✨ styled with Tailwind
• ✨ non-tailwind branch available
• ✨ runs with Task
• ✨ live reloads with Air
• ✨ tailwind and htmx are vendor'ed
• ✨ server interface generated with oapi-codegen

How to run

if you have task and air installed

(you need task because air uses a task command to build the binary it runs).

air

if you don't have task or air installed (no live reload)

go run cmd/main.go

installing task and air

Assuming you already have Go 1.21+ installed, you can just use the go install command.

go install github.com/go-task/task/v3/cmd/task@latest
go install github.com/cosmtrek/air@latest

But there are lots of ways to install both.

How to develop

You don't really need air and task, but they are helpful.

go install github.com/go-task/task/v3/cmd/task@latest
go install github.com/cosmtrek/air@latest

But you will need oapi-codegen + templ.

go install github.com/deepmap/oapi-codegen/v2/cmd/oapi-codegen@latest
go install github.com/a-h/templ/cmd/templ@latest

New routes

1. Add a path to openapi.yaml

paths:
  /:
    get: 
      operationId: HomePage
  # ...
  # ...
  # ...
  /new/route:
    get:
      operationId: NewRoute

2. Generate the code with task (or look at the relevant commands in the Taskfile.yml).

task api

3. Create a whatever html you want with templ components.

templ newRoute() {
  @baseLayout("new route") {
    <div>
      This is a new page.
    </div>
  }
}

4. Implement the interface as method to the server and render the html.

func (s Server) NewRoute() {
  templ.Handler(newRoutePage()).ServeHTTP(w, r)
}

5. Run the server with air and go to localhost:800/new/route

air