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45 lines
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# A macro for writing HTML
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```rust
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# let _ = maud::
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html! {
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h1 { "Hello, world!" }
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p.intro {
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"This is an example of the "
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a href="https://github.com/lambda-fairy/maud" { "Maud" }
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" template language."
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}
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}
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# ;
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```
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Maud is an HTML [template engine] for Rust.
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It's implemented as a macro, `html!`, which compiles your markup to specialized Rust code.
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This unique approach makes Maud templates fast, type-safe, and easy to deploy.
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[template engine]: https://www.simple-is-better.org/template/
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## Tight integration with Rust
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Since Maud is a Rust macro, it can borrow most of its features from the host language.
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Pattern matching and `for` loops work as they do in Rust.
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There is no need to derive JSON conversions, as your templates can work with Rust values directly.
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## Type safety
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Your templates are checked by the compiler, just like the code around them.
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Any typos will be caught at compile time, not after your app has already started.
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## Minimal runtime
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Since most of the work happens at compile time, the runtime footprint is small.
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The Maud runtime library, including integration with the [Rocket] and [Actix] web frameworks, is around 100 SLoC.
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[Rocket]: https://rocket.rs/
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[Actix]: https://actix.rs/
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## Simple deployment
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There is no need to track separate template files, since all relevant code is linked into the final executable.
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