Changed the templating engine to a custom one. First bugged working example

.air.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+root = "."
+tmp_dir = "tmp"
+
+[build]
+  cmd = "go build -o ./tmp/main ./src/main.go"
+  bin = "tmp/main"
+  full_bin = "tmp/main"
+  include_ext = ["go", "tpl", "tmpl", "html", "css", "js"]
+  exclude_dir = ["tmp", "vendor"]
+
+[log]
+  time = true
+
+[colors]
+  main = "yellow"
+  watcher = "cyan"
+  build = "green"

assets/styles.css

@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+body {
+    font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+    background: #f7f7f9;
+    color: #111
+}
+
+.container {
+    max-width: 800px;
+    margin: 0 auto;
+    padding: 16px
+}
+
+.card {
+    background: #fff;
+    border-radius: 12px;
+    padding: 16px;
+    margin: 12px 0;
+    box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, .06)
+}
+
+.row {
+    display: flex;
+    gap: 8px;
+    flex-wrap: wrap
+}
+
+.btn {
+    display: inline-block;
+    padding: 10px 14px;
+    border-radius: 10px;
+    border: 1px solid #ddd;
+    background: #fafafa;
+    text-decoration: none
+}
+
+.btn-primary {
+    background: #111;
+    color: #fff;
+    border-color: #111
+}
+
+.input {
+    width: 100%;
+    padding: 10px;
+    border-radius: 10px;
+    border: 1px solid #ddd
+}
+
+.label {
+    font-size: 12px;
+    color: #444;
+    margin-bottom: 6px;
+    display: block
+}
+
+.header {
+    padding: 12px 16px;
+    background: #fff;
+    position: sticky;
+    top: 0;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #eee
+}
+
+.nav a {
+    margin-right: 12px;
+    text-decoration: none;
+    color: #111
+}
+
+.small {
+    font-size: 12px;
+    color: #666
+}
+
+.list li {
+    padding: 8px 0;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #f0f0f0
+}
+
+.badge {
+    display: inline-block;
+    padding: 2px 8px;
+    border-radius: 999px;
+    background: #eee;
+    font-size: 12px
+}

src/handlers.go

@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"gorm.io/gorm"
 )
 
-type ctxData map[string]any
-
 func getIndex(c *gin.Context) {
 	if getSessionUser(c) != nil {
 		c.Redirect(302, "/enter")
@@ -21,7 +19,7 @@ func getIndex(c *gin.Context) {
 }
 
 func getLogin(c *gin.Context) {
-	render(c, "login", ctxData{})
+	tm.Render(c, "login", gin.H{})
 }
 
 func postLogin(c *gin.Context) {
@@ -54,7 +52,7 @@ func postLogin(c *gin.Context) {
 	link := strings.TrimRight(baseURL, "/") + "/magic?token=" + token
 	log.Printf("[MAGIC LINK] %s for %s (valid until %s)\n", link, email, lt.ExpiresAt.Format(time.RFC3339))
 
-	render(c, "sent", ctxData{"Email": email})
+	tm.Render(c, "sent", gin.H{"Email": email})
 }
 
 func getMagic(c *gin.Context) {
@@ -98,7 +96,7 @@ func getEnter(c *gin.Context) {
 	if table != nil {
 		post = "/t/" + table.Slug + "/enter"
 	}
-	render(c, "enter", ctxData{"PostAction": post, "Table": table})
+	tm.Render(c, "enter", gin.H{"PostAction": post, "Table": table})
 }
 
 func postEnter(c *gin.Context) {
@@ -199,7 +197,7 @@ func getHistory(c *gin.Context) {
 		}
 		rows = append(rows, GRow{Game: g, PlayersA: a, PlayersB: b})
 	}
-	render(c, "history", ctxData{"Games": rows})
+	tm.Render(c, "history", gin.H{"Games": rows})
 }
 
 func getLeaderboard(c *gin.Context) {
@@ -265,7 +263,7 @@ func getLeaderboard(c *gin.Context) {
 		rows = rows[:100]
 	}
 
-	render(c, "leaderboard", ctxData{"Rows": rows})
+	tm.Render(c, "leaderboard", gin.H{"Rows": rows})
 }
 
 func getUserView(c *gin.Context) {
@@ -313,7 +311,7 @@ func getUserView(c *gin.Context) {
 		own = true
 	}
 
-	render(c, "user", ctxData{"Viewed": u, "Stats": st, "Own": own})
+	tm.Render(c, "user", gin.H{"Viewed": u, "Stats": st, "Own": own})
 }
 
 func getMe(c *gin.Context) {
@@ -322,7 +320,7 @@ func getMe(c *gin.Context) {
 		c.Redirect(302, "/login")
 		return
 	}
-	render(c, "user", ctxData{"Viewed": cu, "Stats": struct{ Games, Wins, Losses int }{0, 0, 0}, "Own": true})
+	tm.Render(c, "user", gin.H{"Viewed": cu, "Stats": struct{ Games, Wins, Losses int }{0, 0, 0}, "Own": true})
 }
 
 func postMe(c *gin.Context) {

src/main.go

@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"html/template"
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"gorm.io/driver/postgres"
@@ -24,11 +22,7 @@ const (
 	PORT = "18765"
 )
 
-// ===================== Templates =====================
+var logger = log.Default()
-
-var tpl = template.Must(template.New("").Funcs(template.FuncMap{
-	"fmtTime": func(t time.Time) string { return t.Local().Format("1000-01-01 10:10") },
-}).ParseGlob("templates/*.html"))
 
 // ===================== Main =====================
 

src/templates.go

@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"html/template"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
+)
+
+var tm *TemplateManager
+
+func init() {
+	tm = NewTemplateManager("templates", "base", "html")
+}
+
+type TemplateManager struct {
+	templates map[string]*template.Template
+	funcs     template.FuncMap
+	base      string
+	ext       string
+	dir       string
+}
+
+// NewTemplateManager initializes the manager and loads templates
+func NewTemplateManager(dir string, base string, ext string) *TemplateManager {
+	tm := &TemplateManager{
+		templates: make(map[string]*template.Template),
+		funcs: template.FuncMap{
+			"fmtTime": func(t time.Time) string {
+				return t.Local().Format("2006-01-02 15:04") // Go’s reference time
+			},
+		},
+		base: base,
+		dir:  dir,
+		ext:  ext,
+	}
+	tm.LoadTemplates()
+
+	return tm
+}
+
+// LoadTemplates parses the base template with each view template in the directory
+func (tm *TemplateManager) LoadTemplates() {
+	pattern := filepath.Join(tm.dir, "*."+tm.ext)
+	files, err := filepath.Glob(pattern)
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	base := filepath.Join(tm.dir, tm.base+"."+tm.ext)
+
+	for _, file := range files {
+		if filepath.Base(file) == tm.base {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		name := stripAfterDot(filepath.Base(file))
+		logger.Println(name)
+
+		// Parse base + view template together
+		tpl, err := template.New(name).
+			Funcs(tm.funcs).
+			ParseFiles(base, file)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+
+		tm.templates[name] = tpl
+	}
+}
+
+// Render executes a template by name into the given context
+func (tm *TemplateManager) Render(c *gin.Context, name string, data gin.H) error {
+	print("\nRendering template:", name, "\n")
+	u := getSessionUser(c)
+	data["CurrentUser"] = u
+
+	tpl, ok := tm.templates[name]
+	if !ok {
+		return os.ErrNotExist
+	}
+	fmt.Print(tm.templates[name])
+
+	if err := tpl.ExecuteTemplate(c.Writer, tm.base, data); err != nil {
+		log.Println("tpl error:", err)
+		c.Status(500)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}

src/utils.go

@@ -4,11 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"crypto/rand"
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"errors"
-	"log"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
-
-	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 )
 
 func mustRandToken(n int) string {
@@ -118,15 +115,9 @@ func fmtSscanf(s, _ string, a *int) (int, error) {
 	return 1, nil
 }
 
-func render(c *gin.Context, name string, data ctxData) {
+func stripAfterDot(s string) string {
-	u := getSessionUser(c)
+	if idx := strings.Index(s, "."); idx != -1 {
-	if data == nil {
+		return s[:idx]
-		data = ctxData{}
-	}
-	log.Println("tpl error:", name)
-	data["CurrentUser"] = u
-	if err := tpl.ExecuteTemplate(c.Writer, name, data); err != nil {
-		log.Println("tpl error:", err)
-		c.Status(500)
 	}
+	return s
 }

templates/base.html

@@ -11,96 +11,7 @@
     <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/assets/favicon.ico">
     <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/assets/favicon.ico">
 
-    <style>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/styles.css">
-        body {
-            font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, Segoe UI, Roboto, Ubuntu, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif;
-            margin: 0;
-            padding: 0;
-            background: #f7f7f9;
-            color: #111
-        }
-
-        .container {
-            max-width: 800px;
-            margin: 0 auto;
-            padding: 16px
-        }
-
-        .card {
-            background: #fff;
-            border-radius: 12px;
-            padding: 16px;
-            margin: 12px 0;
-            box-shadow: 0 2px 6px rgba(0, 0, 0, .06)
-        }
-
-        .row {
-            display: flex;
-            gap: 8px;
-            flex-wrap: wrap
-        }
-
-        .btn {
-            display: inline-block;
-            padding: 10px 14px;
-            border-radius: 10px;
-            border: 1px solid #ddd;
-            background: #fafafa;
-            text-decoration: none
-        }
-
-        .btn-primary {
-            background: #111;
-            color: #fff;
-            border-color: #111
-        }
-
-        .input {
-            width: 100%;
-            padding: 10px;
-            border-radius: 10px;
-            border: 1px solid #ddd
-        }
-
-        .label {
-            font-size: 12px;
-            color: #444;
-            margin-bottom: 6px;
-            display: block
-        }
-
-        .header {
-            padding: 12px 16px;
-            background: #fff;
-            position: sticky;
-            top: 0;
-            border-bottom: 1px solid #eee
-        }
-
-        .nav a {
-            margin-right: 12px;
-            text-decoration: none;
-            color: #111
-        }
-
-        .small {
-            font-size: 12px;
-            color: #666
-        }
-
-        .list li {
-            padding: 8px 0;
-            border-bottom: 1px solid #f0f0f0
-        }
-
-        .badge {
-            display: inline-block;
-            padding: 2px 8px;
-            border-radius: 999px;
-            background: #eee;
-            font-size: 12px
-        }
-    </style>
 </head>
 
 <body>
@@ -122,6 +33,7 @@
         </div>
     </div>
     <div class="container">
+        <!-- This is shorthand for a define along with a template -->
         {{block "content" .}}{{end}}
     </div>
 </body>

templates/enter.html

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{define "enter"}}{{template "base" .}}{{end}}
+{{define "title"}}Enter scores - QRank{{end}}
 {{define "content"}}
 <div class="card">
     <h2>Enter a game</h2>

templates/history.html

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{{define "history"}}{{template "base" .}}{{end}}
 {{define "content"}}
 <div class="card">
     <h2>Global history</h2>

templates/leaderboard.html

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{{define "leaderboard"}}{{template "base" .}}{{end}}
 {{define "content"}}
 <div class="card">
     <h2>Leaderboard (by wins)</h2>

templates/login.html

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{{define "login"}}{{template "base" .}}{{end}}
 {{define "content"}}
 <div class="card">
     <h2>Sign in with your email</h2>

templates/sent.html

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{{define "sent"}}{{template "base" .}}{{end}}
 {{define "content"}}
 <div class="card">
     <h2>Check the server logs</h2>

templates/user.html

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{{define "user"}}{{template "base" .}}{{end}}
 {{define "content"}}
 <div class="card">
     <h2>@{{.Viewed.Username}}</h2>

tmp/build-errors.log

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1exit status 1