Project Structure and Routing

The best way to think a project with Bialet is do it first like static old school HTML, then replace the logic and template duplication with Wren code.

The scripts will be load as if they were HTML files, so the file contact-us.wren can be open with the URL localhost:7000/contact-us.wren or even without the wren suffix localhost:7000/contact-us.

This will work with each folder, for example the URL localhost:7000/landing/newsletter/cool-campaign will run the script landing/newsletter/cool-campaign.wren. Like if there was an HMTL file.

That mean that each file is public and will be executed except when it start with a _ or .. The _app.wren file won’t be load with the URL localhost:7000/_app or with any other URL. Any file or any file under a folder that start with _ or . won’t be open.

For dynamic routing, add a _route.wren file in the folder and use the Request.route(N) function to get the value. N is the position of the route parameter. For the file api/_route.wren when called from localhost:7000/api/users/1?fields=name,email&sortType=ASC those will be the values:

import "bialet" for Request

Request.route(0) // users
Request.route(1) // 1
Request.param("fields") // name,email
Request.param("sortType") // ASC

⚠️ There is no need to add a single _route.wren file to handle all the routing.