---
name: web-builder
description: Build a web page or small site from scratch in Goeteia Scheme -- the whole stack in one language. The generator half writes the HTML and CSS at build time; the browser half (interaction, 3D, networking) compiles inside mount points in the same source, emitting wasm, the JS fallback and the loader as build products. Covers (web html)/(web css) generation, define-component, the conjure/define- mount family with both fallback dimensions (engine fallback automated, capability degradation as a gating mount), (web reactive)/(web sx) interaction, (gfx) WebGL, and (web rpc)/(web ws)/(web sse) networking. Use when the user wants a page BUILT, not ported; porting existing JS is web-porter's job. Produces the generator .ss, a build script, and a smoke test for every browser-half behavior it claims.
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---

You build web pages in Goeteia Scheme, end to end. One source tree,
one language: the page's static half runs at build time and writes
HTML; its live half compiles inside mount points in that same
generator and ships as wasm with a generated JS fallback. You never
hand-write JavaScript, and you never claim a behavior you have not
driven in a test.

## The shape of a page

Every page is a **generator program**: a `.ss` that, when compiled
and run, writes the `.html` (and any wasm/js artifacts its mount
points declare). There is no template language and no separate
asset pipeline -- the generator IS the build.

```scheme
(import (web html) (web css) (rnrs))

(define page-css
  '((body (margin 0) (font-family "system-ui, sans-serif"))
    (.hero (padding (em 4) (em 1 20)) (text-align center))))

(define page
  `(html (@ (lang "en"))
     (head (meta (@ (charset "utf-8")))
           (title "hello")
           (style ,(css->string page-css)))
     (body (div (@ (class "hero")) (h1 "hello")))))

(call-with-output-file "index.html"
  (lambda (p) (display (html->document page) p)))
```

Build and run it with the vendored compiler:

```sh
node rt/compile.mjs goeteia.wasm site.ss /tmp/site.wasm
node rt/run.mjs /tmp/site.wasm        # writes index.html + artifacts
```

Put those two lines in a `build.sh`, one block per page, and append
the page's tests. A build that does not end in its tests is not
done.

## HTML: (web html)

SXML in, string out. `(html->document tree)` prepends the doctype;
attributes ride `(@ (name "value"))`; text is escaped automatically;
`(raw s)` splices a trusted, already-HTML string -- which is exactly
how mount-point sections enter the tree: `,(raw section)`. `<style>`
and `<script>` are raw-text elements, so `(style ,(css->string ...))`
needs no escaping dance.

## CSS: (web css)

Rules are data: `((selector (prop val ...) ...) ...)`, compiled by
`css->string`. Values compose from atoms: `(px 8)`, `(em 1 20)`,
`(pct 100)`, `(rgba 16 20 42 (dec 0 8))`, `(var name)` for custom
properties. **The traps, learned the hard way:**

- A unit's SECOND argument is the fraction's digits AS WRITTEN
  (Goeteia >= 1.6.0, the same rule as `fl`): `(em 0 9)` is `0.9em`,
  `(dec 1 65)` is `1.65`, `(dec 0 8)` is `0.8`, `(fl 0 013)` in shader
  land is `0.013`. Trailing zeros are dropped (`(em 1 20)` is `1.2em`).
  A leading zero is not a padding hint -- Scheme reads `05` as `5` --
  so `0.05em` takes the width as a THIRD operand: `(em 0 5 2)`.
  (Before 1.6.0 the second operand was hundredths; do not copy old
  sites.) Write delicate values as strings if in doubt: `"0.125em"`
  is always itself.
- Bare integers of any size pass through `num->css` verbatim; only
  exact integers, unit forms and strings are accepted (a flonum is an
  error -- write `(dec ...)` or a string).
- `(palette->root '((ink "#14203a") ...))` turns one alist into the
  `:root` custom-property rule, so Scheme and CSS share one palette
  binding.

For components, `(web component)`'s `define-component` binds markup
and style together and interns identical style blocks into one
class:

```scheme
(define-component (card title . body)
  (style (border (px 1) solid (var line)) (border-radius (px 10))
         (padding (em 1)))
  (div (h4 ,title) (p ,@body)))
```

## The browser half: mount points

Interactive code lives INSIDE the generator, in a mount point. The
body compiles as an independent program (own prelude, own imports)
and the form becomes one HTML string constant:

```
(define-js name body ...)                 inline JS module
(define-js (name "app.js") body ...)      external, self-running file
(define-wasm name body ...)               wasm as data: URI + loader glue
(define-wasm (name "app.wasm") body ...)  wasm by URL, file written
(define-wasm-js name body ...)            wasm + inline JS fallback + loader
(define-wasm-js (name "app.wasm") body ...)
(define-wasm-js (name "app.wasm" "app.js") body ...)   both external;
                                          the fallback loads lazily
```

Splice with `,(raw name)`. Prefer `define-wasm-js` for app logic:
one source emits both backends and the loader that probes WasmGC and
picks. Prefer bare `define-js` for small page glue (an Esc handler,
a gate) where wasm buys nothing. Choose inline vs URL by sharing:
inline keeps the page single-file; a URL form lets several pages
share one cached module.

## Fallback is two questions

**Engine fallback** -- "no WasmGC on this engine" -- is automated by
`define-wasm-js`; the JS twin is generated every build from the same
source, so it cannot drift. Never hand-write it.

**Capability degradation** -- "this feature should not run here at
all" (no WebGL2, no layout box yet, a heavy module that should not
even be fetched) -- is application logic. Write it as its own
`define-js` gating mount: probe, reveal, measure, load, roll back.
The loader handle is published by any wasm/auto section's glue as
`globalThis.__goeteia_load`; reach it through the FFI and put the
gate AFTER a wasm/auto mount in the page (document order is the
guarantee it exists):

```scheme
(define-js (gate "gate.js")
  (import (rnrs) (web js) (web dom))
  (let ((c (get-element-by-id "stage")))
    (when (and (js-truthy? c)
               (js-truthy? (js-get (js-global) "WebAssembly")))
      (js-method (js-get (body) "classList") "add" "on")   ; reveal first
      ;; ...measure the canvas HERE: display:none has no layout box...
      (if (js-truthy? (js-method c "getContext" "webgl2"))
          (js-method (js-call (js-get (js-global) "__goeteia_load")
                              (js-undefined) "/heavy.wasm")
                     "catch" (lambda (e)
                               (js-method (js-get (body) "classList")
                                          "remove" "on")
                               (js-undefined)))
          (js-method (js-get (body) "classList") "remove" "on")))))
```

The ordering is the point: reveal BEFORE measuring, probe BEFORE
fetching, and a rejected load (fetch failure, non-GC engine, a trap
in main) rolls the reveal back to the static page.

## Interaction: (web js), (web dom), (web reactive), (web sx)

- `(web js)` is the FFI: `js-get` / `js-set!` / `js-method` /
  `js-call` / `js-eval`, `js->string` / `js->number` / `->js`,
  `js-truthy?`. Scheme closures pass as callbacks directly.
- `(web dom)` is sugar: `document`, `body`, `get-element-by-id`,
  `query-selector`, `add-event-listener!`, `set-text!`,
  `set-inner-html!`, `console-log`.
- `(web reactive)`: `signal` / `signal-ref` / `signal-set!` /
  `effect`. An effect runs once and re-runs when a signal it read
  changes -- state flows one way, no manual invalidation.
- `(web sx)` renders SXML templates into live DOM with reactive
  holes; `sx-mount` attaches one to a node.

Idiom for an event wiring the state loop:

```scheme
(define count (signal 0))
(add-event-listener! btn "click"
  (lambda (e) (signal-set! count (+ 1 (signal-ref count)))
              (js-undefined)))
(effect (lambda () (set-text! out (number->string (signal-ref count)))))
```

Return `(js-undefined)` from event callbacks. In loops that close
over the loop variable, bind a fresh name per iteration -- closures
share mutable bindings.

## 3D: (gfx gl), (gfx glsl), (gfx fx)

Shaders are s-expressions rendered to GLSL; `(gfx fx)` is the frame
harness over a command buffer:

```scheme
(import (gfx fx) (gfx gl) (gfx glsl) (web js) (web dom) (rnrs))
(define cvs (get-element-by-id "stage"))
(fx-init! cvs)
(define prog
  (fx-program!
   '((attribute vec2 a_pos)
     (define (main) void
       (set! gl_Position (vec4 a_pos (fl 0) (fl 1)))))
   '((precision mediump float)
     (define (main) void
       (set! gl_FragColor (vec4 (fl 1) (fl 0 5) (fl 0) (fl 1)))))))
```

Heavy scenes: compile that mount as `define-wasm` (URL form -- these
modules are large) and gate it with a capability mount as above. Do
not write `(%opt ...)` inside a mount body -- it is a driver-level
stream directive, not a callable form (it compiles to "cannot call
%opt"); mount bodies are fully optimized by default. GLSL uses the same digits-as-written rule:
`(fl 0 5)` is `0.5`, `(fl 0 625)` is `0.625`. The wasm module's linear memory is reachable as
`(js-get (js-global) "__goeteia_mem")` when a library needs typed
views over it -- (gfx gl) does this itself.

## Networking: (web rpc), (web ws), (web sse), (web json), (web fetch)

Against a Scheme backend (Igropyr), the wire carries data, not a
protocol: `(rpc "/rpc" '(add 1 2 1/2))` returns a datum -- exact
rationals intact. `rpc!` is the fire-and-forget form; `rpc-get` for
GET. `(ws-connect! url on-datum)` and `(sse-connect! url on-datum)`
push datum streams; `ws-send!` writes one back. For any other
backend, `(web json)` reads/writes JSON safely and `(web fetch)` is
direct-style HTTP (await without callbacks, over JSPI on wasm; on
the JS fallback JSPI honestly reports absent and callers take their
callback route -- design network flows so both paths exist).

## Verification -- non-negotiable

Every claimed behavior gets driven, not asserted:

1. **Generator smoke**: the build runs, the HTML parses (script
   elements balanced), artifacts exist, wasm files start with the
   magic bytes.
2. **Browser-half smoke without a browser**: the generated JS module
   (from the page's inline fallback tag, or the .js file) runs in
   node against a mock `document`/`location`; drive every road --
   the happy path AND each degradation branch. Mock only what the
   code touches; never replace `console` wholesale (the test
   framework needs the real one). Deferred callbacks (a `.catch`
   handler) fire later with the REAL globals on a real page, so
   re-mount your mocks around firing them.
3. **Dual-backend agreement** where a `define-wasm-js` mount carries
   logic: run the wasm and the generated JS against one mock DOM and
   compare snapshots -- plus a few ABSOLUTE assertions on concrete
   values, because a differential test passes when both backends are
   wrong the same way.

## Traps that cost hours

- The generator emits any `.wasm`/`.js` its mounts declare ON RUN --
  stale artifacts from earlier layouts linger; clean before judging
  sizes.
- `<script type="module" src>` is CORS-blocked on `file://`; inline
  forms work there. Serve over http for URL-form testing.
- Mount data vs mount points: a quoted or quasiquoted
  `(conjure ...)` is DATA; only unquote returns it to live code.
- A mount body's imports resolve in their own scope -- the generator
  importing `(web dom)` does not give the mount `(web dom)`.
- `%fl->fx` truncates; round with `(%fl->fx (flfloor (fl+ x 0.5)))`.
- `js->number` yields flonums from the FFI; convert deliberately.