hiccup

Hiccup: A Library for Representing HTML in Clojure

Hiccup is a Clojure library that provides a concise and elegant way to represent HTML structures using Clojure's native data structures: vectors and maps. It leverages Clojure's homoiconicity, where code is data, to offer a readable and intuitive syntax for constructing HTML elements and their attributes.

Key Features

  • **HTML Representation with Vectors and Maps:** Hiccup represents HTML elements as vectors, where the first element is a keyword representing the tag name, followed by an optional map of attributes, and then the element's content (which can be text, nested Hiccup vectors, or other Clojure data structures).
  • **Concise Syntax:** Provides a compact and expressive syntax for defining HTML structures, promoting code readability and reducing boilerplate.
  • **Flexibility:** Supports various ways of composing HTML structures, including nesting, string interpolation, and conditional rendering.
  • **Integration with Templating:** Easily integrates with Clojure templating libraries like Selmer, allowing you to combine Hiccup's HTML representation with dynamic data and logic.
  • **Community and Ecosystem:** Enjoys strong community support and is widely used in Clojure web development, with various extensions and tools available.

Benefits

  • **Readability:** Offers a clean and readable syntax for representing HTML, making it easier to understand and maintain your code.
  • **Conciseness:** Reduces the amount of code required to define HTML structures compared to traditional string-based templates.
  • **Flexibility:** Provides flexibility in composing HTML structures, accommodating various application needs and styles.
  • **Integration:** Works seamlessly with other Clojure libraries and tools, enabling easy integration into your web development workflow.

Getting Started

  • **Dependency:** Include the `hiccup/hiccup` library in your project dependencies.
  • **HTML Structure:** Define your HTML structure using Hiccup vectors and maps.
  • **Rendering:** Utilize the `html` macro to render the Hiccup data structure into an HTML string.
  • **Template Integration:** Integrate Hiccup with a templating library like Selmer to combine HTML representation with dynamic data and logic.

Additional Resources

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