Create a HTML table from nested maps (and vectors)
- by Kenny164
I'm trying to create a table (a work schedule) I have coded previously using python, I think it would be a nice introduction to the Clojure language for me.
I have very little experience in Clojure (or lisp in that matter) and I've done my rounds in google and a good bit of trial and error but can't seem to get my head around this style of coding.
Here is my sample data (will be coming from an sqlite database in the future):
(def smpl2 (ref {"Salaried"
[{"John Doe" ["12:00-20:00" nil nil nil "11:00-19:00"]}
{"Mary Jane" [nil "12:00-20:00" nil nil nil "11:00-19:00"]}]
"Shift Manager"
[{"Peter Simpson" ["12:00-20:00" nil nil nil "11:00-19:00"]}
{"Joe Jones" [nil "12:00-20:00" nil nil nil "11:00-19:00"]}]
"Other"
[{"Super Man" ["07:00-16:00" "07:00-16:00" "07:00-16:00"
"07:00-16:00" "07:00-16:00"]}]}))
I was trying to step through this originally using for then moving onto doseq and finally domap (which seems more successful) and dumping the contents into a html table (my original python program outputed this from a sqlite database into an excel spreadsheet using COM).
Here is my attempt (the create-table fn):
(defn html-doc [title & body]
(html (doctype "xhtml/transitional")
[:html [:head [:title title]] [:body body]]))
(defn create-table []
[:h1 "Schedule"]
[:hr]
[:table (:style "border: 0; width: 90%")
[:th "Name"][:th "Mon"][:th "Tue"][:th "Wed"]
[:th "Thur"][:th "Fri"][:th "Sat"][:th "Sun"]
[:tr
(domap [ct @smpl2]
[:tr [:td (key ct)]
(domap [cl (val ct)]
(domap [c cl]
[:tr [:td (key c)]]))])
]])
(defroutes tstr
(GET "/" ((html-doc "Sample" create-table)))
(ANY "*" 404))
That outputs the table with the sections (salaried, manager, etc) and the names in the sections, I just feel like I'm abusing the domap by nesting it too many times as I'll probably need to add more domaps just to get the shift times in their proper columns and the code is getting a 'dirty' feel to it.
I apologize in advance if I'm not including enough information, I don't normally ask for help on coding, also this is my 1st SO question :).
If you know any better approaches to do this or even tips or tricks I should know as a newbie, they are definitely welcome.
Thanks.
