Working on Web UI & Admin Features

Last couple of weeks, I’ve started working on the web UI using HTMX and PicoCSS. Development’s been going pretty well, as I already had some experience working with HTMX from a previous project.

Currently, the login page is implemented, as well as a session management page. I’m working towards building an initial version that can be used by multiple users, complete with admin user management features and sign-up functionality. Specifically, I’m prioritizing the following features:

• Admin user management page
• Sign-up flow, including sign-up links for private instances
• Support for public instances (a.k.a. add a sign-up button and flow)

These together would already make Otter a pretty nice Gpodder server, usable by multiple people. After that, I can focus on the smaller features and bug fixes (such as trying to make the Gpodder client work at all). I’ve released versions 0.2.0 and 0.2.1 containing the login view and session management page. Ideally, I’m going to keep releasing these smaller versions, so there’s a relatively constant stream of new features to try.

While developing the sessions and user management page, I’ve noticed I’m basically already implementing everything required for a RESTful API. Tables are implemented using paginated API requests, so having these routes return JSON instead of HTML depending on the Content-Type header wouldn’t be a lot of work. The Gpodder API isn’t the greatest, so having this more standardized API would be quite nice for third-party integrations.

That’s about it for this devlog, have a nice day.