A simple blog in finatra

App.scala

package com.posterous.finatrablog

import com.posterous.finatra.{FinatraApp, FinatraServer}

object App {

  class Blog extends FinatraApp {

    case class Post(var title:String, var body:String)

    var posts = List[Post]()

    get("/") { request =>
      render(path="index.mustache", exports=this)
    }

    get("/post/new") { request =>
      render(path="new.mustache")
    }

    post("/post/create") { request =>
      val title = request.params.get("title").getOrElse("untitled")
      val body = request.params.get("body").getOrElse("body")
      posts = posts ::: List(new Post(title, body))
      redirect("/")
    }

  }

  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    val blog = new Blog
    FinatraServer.register(blog)
    FinatraServer.start()
  }

}

index.mustache

<h1>An Blog</h1>

<a href="/post/new">create a post</a>

{{#posts}}
<h3>{{title}}</h3>
<p>{{body}}</p>
<hr>
{{/posts}}

new.mustache

create a post

<form method=post action="/post/create">
<input type="text" name="title"></input><br/>
<textarea width=500 height=500 name="body">
</textarea></br>
<input type="submit" name="create"></input>
</form>