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Here's an example web app hello-world in Fennel, parsing requests and responding with HTML rendered from the S expressions: https://gist.github.com/turbo/4388c9

• yawn 6y ago
  Thanks for posting this. I took a look at Fennel a few months ago and although they list 2 web frameworks on the front page, there's little documentation (that may have changed since then) about how to interface with other Lua projects. I kept running into things I couldn't figure out when working with the existing Lua ecosystem and projects.
  • erikcw 6y ago
    I’ve been using it quite successfully in a large OpenResty project. While you’re right that there aren’t any docs on working with any of the 3rd party projects listed in the homepage - I found that it was pretty straight forward to use as a drop in Lua replacement by examining the compiled Lua from the online REPL. I was surprised how clean the Lua output is. There is really no magic here. I believe one of the project goals is to stay as close to Lua semantics as possible. Basically just lisp flavored Lua. In my project I just use the compiled .fnl files as I would any of other .lua file. Is something specific you’re getting stuck with? I’d be happy to try to point you in the right direction. It’s really nice! I encourage you to give it another try.