HTML Basic parser
The idea of this little project is to simply create a lexer and an HTML parser and eventually lead to the creation of a template engine able to make transformations on the fly.
This allows me to learn, gradually, how the tools around me work.
Lexer
For now, the operation of the Lexer is rather simple: it simply splits the input string into tokens :
OpenDoubleBrace: Represents the characters{{CloseDoubleBrace: Represents the characters}}StrIdentifier: Represents a stringHelloOpenAngleBracket: Represents the characters<CloseAngleBracket: Represents the characters>
Parser
I'm still working on this part. The goal is to convert the tokens into an AST tree.
Template engine
I want to focus on very simple things for now :
- Control structures
@if()/@endif()@foreach()/@endforeach()
- Variables
@var()/{{ var }}
Usage could be something like this :
<html lang='en'>
<head>
<title>@var(title)</title>
</head>
<body>
@if(isAuthenticated)
<h1>You are authenticated !</h1>
@foreach(friend of friends)
<p>{{ friend.name }}</p>
@endforeach
@endif
</body>
</html>