Templates

HTML Templates

are stored in separate files normally in an html file that contains an mostly HTML segment along with handlebar like variables {{ .variableName }}.

defining template within the GO program

1. import HTML template library.
2. define the template file.
3. execute the template along with passing variables.

Import the library

import io/html/template

Define the template file

t, _ := template.ParseFiles("templateName.html") //name of new template is “t” and we do not have an error variable.

Execute the template.

  p := MyTemplateStruct{
    Title: "someTile",
    OtherSomthing: "somethingElse",
    Num: 13} // struct to enable multiple values pass.
  t.Execute((w,p))