Hi Ricardo, Thanks for the helpful answer. Now I almost figured out how to serve static files.
I have committed the first HTML template page (with table of specifications stored in the database) to web-interface branch. Can you please review it? I am a bit confused about the database structure. As far as I understand, there are project_name (project) and branch_name (jobset) properties, but project_name is a primary key, so a project can't have several branches? I'm working on static file serving but I don't know how to set the path of the static file directory. Now I just wrote my absolute path to the style.css file. So, I have two questions. 1. Where should I place the static files? 2. How can I execute getcwd function (as you do it in rcas-web/rcas/config.scm.in)? I tried to add something like (define-public %current-directory `(,(getcwd))) to my config.scm.in but it does not work. Best regards, Tatiana Sholokhova 2018-05-22 8:33 GMT+03:00 Ricardo Wurmus <rek...@elephly.net>: > > Hi Tatiana, > > > I have already created a small module implementing basic HTML templates > in > > Scheme. Also, I have made an extension to the Cuirass Web API. It > responds > > on the "/status" request and generates a page with a minimalistic HTML > > table displaying the list of specifications stored in the database. > > Excellent. > > > My login on Savannah is "TSholokhova". I am looking forward to making my > > first commit. I would be glad to receive comments on my code to be sure > > that I am moving in the right direction. > > The Cuirass repository is available at > http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix/guix-cuirass.git > > I have added your account to the group, so you should have write access > to the repository now. Please push your commits to a new branch on that > repository. Please also read the section “Coding Style” in the Guix > manual. > > You are welcome to rewrite your own published commits in your own > branch, but not in other branches. When you want us to comment on your > work, please let us know the range of commits that you would like us to > review. Ideally, we would be able to merge your work into the “master” > branch regularly. > > > You have mentioned that many users would prefer an interface working > > without javascript running. Am I right that we would like to have a > > non-interactive (js-free) interface working and also add some > functionality > > (e. g. search tools for tables) via javascript? > > Yes, this sounds like a good idea. It is not absolutely necessary, but > it would be nice if basic features of the interface would still be > usable even when JavaScript is disabled. > > > Also, I have a couple of questions regarding the frontend part. What > > frontend framework we would prefer? If I get it right, Hydra uses > > Bootstrap. > > It is fine to use Bootstrap. Please include the unminified Bootstrap > CSS and JS files to the repository. It is easy to minify them later, > but it is virtually impossible to turn minified code into something > readable. > > > For the frontend implementation, we need to include some static > > css&js files in the interface and serve them somehow. Is it a good idea > to > > serve the static files by Cuirass web server in Scheme? > > Yes, this can be done by the Cuirass web server in Scheme. > > In the web interface for RCAS I’m dispatching to “render-static-asset” > in the controller: > > https://github.com/BIMSBbioinfo/rcas-web/blob/ > master/rcas/web/controller.scm > > “render-static-asset” is defined here: > > https://github.com/BIMSBbioinfo/rcas-web/blob/ > master/rcas/web/render.scm#L65 > > As you can see, this module defines a bunch of mime types and includes > the appropriate type in the headers along with the contents of the file > it serves. > > Hope this helps! > > -- > Ricardo > > >
