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+# Leiningen Template: Simple Clojure Web Site
+
+A Leiningen template intended for creating new Clojure web site projects utilizing [reitit](https://github.com/metosin/reitit).
+This resulting project will **NOT** include any ClojureScript support at all and instead just features simple 
+server-side HTML rendering via [Hiccup](https://github.com/weavejester/hiccup).
+
+I usually have a personal distinction in my head between "web app" and "web site" where the former typically features 
+significant amounts of front-end Javascript (in other words, is more likely to be developed in a "single page 
+application"-style) while the latter does not, and may not even utilize _any_ Javascript at all. 
+
+This Leiningen template is for the latter! Which I feel is a highly under-utilized form of web development today...
+
+This template primarily exists for my own personal use, so some stuff is definitely more oriented towards my own 
+particular preferences regarding setup and organization of a Clojure project.
+
+## Usage
+
+```text
+$ lein new net.gered/simple-web-site [your-project-name-here]
+```
+
+The resulting project starts up via a `main` function and during startup expects to be able to read an EDN
+configuration file located in the current working directory called `config.edn`.
+
+The project can be run simply by:
+
+```text
+$ lein run
+```
+
+A nREPL server will be started which can be connected to on port 7000 (configured via the aforementioned `config.edn`).
+
+Once running, the web site's root URL should be browsable at http://localhost:8080/ (again, the port can be configured
+via the aforementioned `config.edn`).
+
+## License
+
+Copyright © 2022 Gered King
+
+Distributed under the the MIT License. See LICENSE for more details.
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