I have a question. Just like reactjs can serve st...
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Ohiorenua Aigboje
08/14/2025, 7:48 PMI have a question. Just like reactjs can serve static file/page. Can compose for web server static page?
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Alex Styl
08/15/2025, 12:50 AMyes and no. what are you trying to do?
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Ohiorenua Aigboje
08/15/2025, 5:19 AMI am trying to create a frontend for my backend api
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Alex Styl
08/15/2025, 7:28 AMI am trying to create a frontend for my backend apiim confused how this is related to service static pages. compose web is meant to be used for front ends
Alex Styl
08/15/2025, 7:29 AMif you can be more specific by what you mean on static files/pages, i could help out more
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Ohiorenua Aigboje
08/15/2025, 8:06 AMA static website is a website that doesn't require a server to run. For example website that gets hosted on github page. Like a portfolio website.
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Chrimaeon
08/15/2025, 8:52 AMThis does not make any sense. GitHub is the server for your GitHub pages. A static website is a website that does not require JavaScript to render its content and no, you cannot have that with compose web. It need JavaScript do render the content of your website to the
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Alex Styl
08/15/2025, 9:29 AMA static website is a website that doesn't require a server to run. For example website that gets hosted on github page. Like a portfolio website.@Ohiorenua Aigboje if that's the case, yes 🙂 you can do that. compose web actual output is a js script. it's up to you to host it. I used to use my documentation examples (compose web js) on github pages. to get a bit more context of how that is, go make yourself a web app using the https://kmp.jetbrains.com/ wizard, and check the index.html file. you'll notice how it the composeApp script is hosted there.
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Ohiorenua Aigboje
08/15/2025, 11:01 AMThe result package/script is usually large
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Alex Styl
08/15/2025, 11:58 AMindeed
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