# Getting Started
## Prepare the template file
Create a new directory named `templates` in the same directory as `Cargo.toml`. Copy the following contents and paste it to a new file named `templates/hello.stpl`.
```rhtml
<% for msg in &messages { %>
<%\html msg %>
<% } %>
```
Now your project structure should be like this:
```text
Cargo.toml
src/
(Source files)
templates/
hello.stpl
```
## Render the template
- Import the sailfish crates:
```rust
use sailfish::RenderOnce;
```
- Define the template struct to be rendered:
```rust
#[derive(RenderOnce)] // automatically implement `TemplateOnce` trait
#[template(path = "hello.stpl")] // specify the path to template
struct HelloTemplate {
// data to be passed to the template
messages: Vec,
}
```
- Render the data with
render_once() method.
```rust
fn main() {
let ctx = HelloTemplate {
messages: vec![String::from("foo"), String::from("bar")],
};
// Now render templates with given data
println!("{}", ctx.render_once().unwrap());
}
```
That's it!
You can find more examples in the [example](https://github.com/rust-sailfish/sailfish/tree/master/examples) directory in the sailfish repository.