Dynamic template listing projects in a folder

[arranger1044]

I am trying to create a jinja2 template that lists all the pages in a folder (little html files representing projects in my /projects dir) showing their meta attributes like title, description and putting some links as details, if present, taken from a list of meta attributes (github in the example).

Given the scarce documentation out there, this is what I've come up with:

{% for res in resource.node['resources']|sort(attribute='meta.created') %}
{% if res.meta.title != 'projects' %}
  <h2><a href="{{res.url}}">{{res.meta.title}}</a></h2>
<p> {{res.meta.description}}
  {% set show_details = [] %}
  {{res.meta.__dict__}}
  {% for d in details %}
    {% if d in res.meta.__dict__  %}
       {% do show_details.append(d) %}
    {% endif %}
  {% endfor %}

  {% if show_details %}
     [{% for d in show_details %}
         <a href="{{res.meta.__dict__[d]}}">{{d}}</a>
     {% if loop.index < show_details|length %}
     | 
    {% endif %}
     {% endfor %}]
  {% endif %}
  </p>
  <!--<hr/>-->
  {% endif %}
{% endfor %}   

This seems to get the job done, however I am not totally satisfied with it, so I am asking:

• is there a better, 'native' way in Hyde to achieve this?
• the side effect of this approach is that the above template is not compiled again when I simply modify my files in project folder and then call hyde gen, is this solvable?

[moggers87]

Try hyde gen -r as a work around for your last point.

[arranger1044]

@moggers87 thanks for pointing it out!
According to your experience, am I doing something 'right' (at least within Hyde's philosophy)?