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Bubble Tea Basics
=================
Bubble Tea is based on the functional design paradigms of [The Elm
Architecture][elm]. It might not seem very Go-like at first, but once you get
used to the general structure you'll find that most of the idomatic Go things
you know and love are still relevant and useful here.
By the way, the non-annotated version of of this program is available
[on GitHub](https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea/master/tutorials/basics).
This tutorial assumes you have a working knowledge of Go.
[elm]: https://guide.elm-lang.org/architecture/
## Enough! Let's get to it.
For this tutorial we're making a to-do list.
To start we'll define our package and import some libraries. Our only external
import will be the Bubble Tea, library, which we'll call `tea` for short.
```go
package main
import (
"fmt"
"os"
tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
)
```
Bubble Tea programs are comprised of a **model** that describes the application
state and three simple functions that are centered around that model:
* **Initialize**, a function that returns the model's initial state.
* **Update**, a function that handles incoming events and updates the model accordingly.
* **View**, a function that renders the UI based on the data in the model.
## The Model
So let's start by defining our model which will store our application's state.
It can be any type, but a `struct` usually makes the most sense.
```go
type model struct {
choices []string // items on the to-do list
cursor int // which to-do list item our cursor is pointing at
selected map[int]struct{} // which to-do items are selected
}
```
## The Initialization Function
Next we'll define a function that will initialize our application. An
initialize function returns a model representing our application's initial
state, as well as a `Cmd` that could perform some initial I/O. For now, we
don't need to do any I/O, so for the command we'll just return nil, which
translates to "no command."
```go
func initialize() (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
m := model{
// Our to-do list is just a grocery list
choices: []string{"Buy carrots", "Buy celery", "Buy kohlrabi"},
// A map which indicates which choices are selected. We're using
// the map like a mathematical set. The keys refer to the indexes
// of the `choices` slice, above.
selected: make(map[int]struct{}),
}
// Return the model and `nil`, which means "no I/O right now, please."
return m, nil
}
```
## The Update Function
Next we'll define the update function. The update function is called when
"things happen." It's job is to look at what has happened and return an updated
model in response to whatever happened. It can also return a `Cmd` and make
more things happen, but for not don't worry about that part.
In our case, when a user presses the down arrow `update`'s job is to notice
that the down arrow was pressed and move the cursor accordingly (or not).
The "something happened" comes in the form of a `Msg`, which can be any type.
Messages indicate some I/O happened, such as a keypress, timer tick, or
a response from a server.
We usually figure out which type of `Msg` we received with a type switch, but
you could also use a type assertion.
For now, we'll just deal with `tea.KeyMsg` messages, which are automatically
sent to the update function when keys are pressed.
```go
func update(msg tea.Msg, mdl tea.Model) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
m, _ := mdl.(model)
switch msg := msg.(type) {
// Is it a key press?
case tea.KeyMsg:
// Cool, what was the actual key pressed?
switch msg.String() {
// These keys should exit the program.
case "ctrl+c", "q":
return m, tea.Quit
// The "up" and "k" keys move the cursor up
case "up", "k":
if m.cursor > 0 {
m.cursor--
}
// The "down" and "j" keys move the cursor down
case "down", "j":
if m.cursor < len(m.choices)-1 {
m.cursor++
}
// The "enter" key and the spacebar (a literal space) toggle
// the selected state for the item that the cursor is pointing at.
case "enter", " ":
_, ok := m.selected[m.cursor]
if ok {
delete(m.selected, m.cursor)
} else {
m.selected[m.cursor] = struct{}{}
}
}
}
// Return the updated model to the Bubble Tea runtime for processing.
// Note that we're not returning a command.
return m, nil
}
```
You may have noticed that "ctrl+c" and "q" above return a `tea.Quit` command
with the model. That's a special command which instructs the Bubble Tea runtime
to quit, effectively exiting the program.
## The View Function
At last, it's time to render our UI. Of all the functions, the view is the
simplest. A model, in it's current state, comes in and a `string` comes out.
That string is our UI!
Because the view describes the entire UI of your application, you don't have
to worry about redraw logic and stuff like that. Bubble Tea takes care of it
for you.
```go
func view(mdl tea.Model) string {
m, _ := mdl.(model)
// The header
s := "What should we buy at the market?\n\n"
// Iterate over our choices
for i, choice := range m.choices {
// Is the cursor pointing at this choice?
cursor := " " // no cursor
if m.cursor == i {
cursor = ">" // cursor!
}
// Is this choice selected?
checked := " " // not selected
if _, ok := m.selected[i]; ok {
checked = "x" // selected!
}
// Render the row
s += fmt.Sprintf("%s [%s] %s\n", cursor, checked, choice)
}
// The footer
s += "\nPress q to quit.\n"
// Send the UI for rendering
return s
}
```
## All Together Now
The last step is to simply run our program. We pass our functions to
`tea.NewProgram` and let it rip:
```go
func main() {
p := tea.NewProgram(initialize, update, view)
if err := p.Start(); err != nil {
fmt.Printf("Alas, there's been an error: %v", err)
os.Exit(1)
}
}
```
## What's Next?
This tutorial covers the basics of building an interactive terminal UI, but
in the real world you'll also need to perform I/O. To learn about that have a
look at the [Cmd Tutorial][cmd]. It's pretty simple.
There are also several [Bubble Tea examples][examples] available and, of course,
there are [Go Docs][docs].
[cmd]: http://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea/tree/master/tutorials/commands/
[examples]: http://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea/tree/master/examples
[docs]: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/charmbracelet/glow?tab=doc
### Bubble Tea in the Wild
For some Bubble Tea programs in production, see:
* [Glow](https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow): a markdown reader, browser and online markdown stash
* [The Charm Tool](https://github.com/charmbracelet/charm): the Charm user account manager
### Libraries we use with Bubble Tea
* [Bubbles][bubbles] various Bubble Tea components we've built
* [Termenv][termenv]: Advanced ANSI styling for terminal applications
* [Reflow][reflow]: ANSI-aware methods for reflowing blocks of text
* [go-runewidth][runewidth]: Get the physical width of strings in terms of terminal cells. Many runes, such as East Asian charcters and emojis, are two cells wide, so measuring a layout with `len()` often won't cut it!
[termenv]: https://github.com/muesli/termenv
[reflow]: https://github.com/muesli/reflow
[bubbles]: https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles
[runewidth]: https://github.com/mattn/go-runewidth
### Feedback
We'd love to hear your thoughts on this tutorial. Feel free to drop us a note!
* [Twitter](https://twitter.com/charmcli)
* [The Fediverse](https://mastodon.technology/@charm)
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