Go: Building Web Applications

Using logic and control structures

Earlier in this chapter we looked at how we can use a range in our templates just as we would directly in our code. Take a look at the following code:

{{range .Blogs}}
  <li><a href="{{.Link}}">{{.Title}}</a></li>
{{end}}

You may recall that we said that Go's templates are without any logic, but this depends on how you define logic and whether shared logic lies exclusively in the application, the template, or a little of both. It's a minor point, but because Go's templates offer a lot of flexibility; it's the one worth thinking about.

Having a range feature in the preceding template, by itself, opens up a lot of possibilities for a new presentation of our blog. We can now show a list of blogs or break our blog up ...