Lynx - A simple Plug based web framework

Introduction

I wanted a very simple website but I also wanted to explore Plug. The result is what you are reading now. Easily maintained. No database, no login, no forgotten passwords…

First some hat tipping:

• Sebastian Seilund wrote an article using Phoenix to serve markdown files

• German Velasco wrote a Plug based web framework

My framework is an extension of the two for how I want to work and develop a simple website. It is not meant to be a framework for non programmers.

TLDR

It has been fun. The project took about 3 days to write and I have discovered that Plug is very powerful. If you do not need all that Phoenix gives you, maybe Plug is for you.

The framework supports:

• Static pages such as “/contact” and “/about”

• Dynamix pages such as “/articles/my-tile” and “/articles/projects/…”

• Custom error pages, 404 etc

• Etags for all files involved in a render

• Support for .html, .html.eex and markdown files

• Module reloading in development mode

• Browser refresh on file changes in development mode