Overview

This project is a lightweight full‑stack system built on babashka for the backend and Scittle‑powered ClojureScript for the frontend. It emphasizes:

• Zero‑build development on both backend and frontend
• Scriptable, composable architecture
• Minimal dependencies with high leverage
• Fast startup and easy deployment as a single executable

The system builds for working with apps/services likes a shell for OS.

From simplicity to local first

Thanks to the ideas from the Borkent-universe, this project evolves from pure simplicity toward an local‑first model with optional enhancements.

Before: the original Scittle CodeMirror demo
https://babashka.org/scittle/codemirror.html

After: applying the Quick Start

• All frontend assets (JS/CSS) are mirrored locally
• A minimal http-kit server provides a fast, self‑contained runtime
• Bootstrap, bsdocs themes, and PrimeReact components are integrated
• Zero‑build workflow is preserved while enabling richer UI and offline capability

How the pieces fit together

• Add a function to a backend map → a new page appears in the frontend
• Add a small script → frontend and backend gain a communication route
• Add more functions → they become reusable librarie

This repository focuses on the web UI. Routing and library integration are demonstrated in Tad.Turnkey project (2026/03 release).

Quick Start

Requiremens: macos and babashka installed

1. Download frontend resources

   $ bb dl.bb resources/jsdlv/*.txt
   ... downloading ...	

   This fetches all required JS/CSS assets (≈10 MB) into the w/ directory.

2. Generate docs

   $ bb quickblog render
   Reading metadata for post: docs.md
   Writing blog/style.css
   Parsing Markdown for post: docs.md
   Processing markdown for file: c/qb/posts/docs.md
   Caching post to file: .work/prod/docs.md.pre-template.html
   Writing post: blog/docs.html
   Writing page: blog/tags/index.html
   Writing page: blog/tags/docs.html
   Writing page: blog/archive.html
   Writing page: blog/index.html
   Writing Clojure feed blog/planetclojure.xml
   Writing feed blog/atom.xml

   The generated site is placed under blog/.

3. Start the web server

   $ bb serv
   pwd: #object[java.io.File 0x54d196d0 /Users/tcc/wa/tad.web]
   URL: http://127.0.0.1:8888/
   2026-02-26T07:18:00.302+08 t4.local INFO [tad.web.svc:18] - Starting svc on port 8888

   Open the browser at: http://127.0.0.1:8888/

Roadmap

1. Documentation and unit tests
2. Windows and Linux verification
3. Security mechanisms
4. Support for nbb (Node.js) and Clojure (JVM)
5. Server‑to‑server communication
6. Integration with additional apps