Web Programming in D

[Aravinda VK]

On Tuesday, 21 May 2024 at 09:37:42 UTC, aberba wrote:
>
> With that said, front-end requires a lot of iteration of the 
> elements and styling and it'll be frustratingly slow working 
> with a compiled language for that. Languages like like Go, 
> Python, D, ruby are mainly suitable for backend. It doesn't 
> make sense to not use these JavaScript libraries for front-end. 
> React, vue, angular and svelte will be the top 4. I don't see 
> why you'd want an alternative you'd have to wait for 
> compilation after every single change (that is even if htmx was 
> ported to D).

I am using Vibe.d for one of the application that I am currently 
working on. During development, I use the Live feature of Diet 
library so that I need not compile again for the HTML changes in 
diet file.

```
dub build --d-version=DietUseLive
```

After changing the diet template, browser refresh will show the 
latest changes (No need to run `dub build`).

**Note**: Please note, Live mode will not work as expected if lot 
of embeded D code used inside the diet template. Using Live mode 
is not recommended for production use (Refer: 
https://github.com/rejectedsoftware/diet-ng/?tab=readme-ov-file#experimental-html-live-mode)