web-app

This template is a the code used for the Racket Stories is a "submit and vote" web site.

How To Install

1. Set your PATH environment variable so you can use raco and other Racket command line functions.
2. either look for from-template in the DrRacket menu File|Package Manager, or run the raco command:

raco pkg install from-template

raco new web-app <destination-dir>

If you omit <destination-dir>, the command will add copy the template to a folder called web-app in the current folder.

How to use

This is working example that you can change to suit your needs, but does require some setup to get going.

This repo serves as an example of a small "in production" web-applications written in Racket and includes the base components of a web application including

• modern front-end utilising jQuery, Popper and Bootstrap JS
• persistent database store
• user accounts and linking to github
• users adding content and validation - in this case stopping multiple submissions of the same link.

For guidance about using this template please see https://racket-stories.com/about

To learn about writing this sort of web application please see https://github.com/soegaard/web-tutorial and https://docs.racket-lang.org/continue/index.html

See this code working at https://racket-stories.com/