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Convert Chiccup list to HTML string or SXML. Chiccup allows writing HTML using Lisp syntax with CSS class integration. Behind the scenes, chiccup converts the simplified chiccup-style lists to SXML and then to HTML using sxml-transforms. You can use ccup->sxml to get the intermediate SXML representation and leverage the full power of the sxml-transforms ecosystem for advanced transformations.

;; Basic elements
`[h1 "Hello World"]

;; CSS classes and IDs - default element is "div"
;; Note: ID (#id) must come after classes
`[.container.mx-auto#main "Content"]
;; => <div class="container mx-auto" id="main">Content</div>

;; Attributes with @ syntax
`[a (@ (href "/page")) "Link"]
`[input (@ (type "text") (name "username"))]

;; Attribute values are automatically HTML-escaped (like React/Vue)
`[div (@ (data-config "{\"theme\":\"dark\"}")) "Content"]
;; => <div data-config="{&quot;theme&quot;:&quot;dark&quot;}">Content</div>

;; Boolean attributes (no values)
`[input (@ (type "checkbox") (checked) (disabled))]
;; => <input type="checkbox" checked disabled>

;; Conditional attributes
(let ((is-disabled #t))
  `[button (@ (type "submit") ,@(if is-disabled '((disabled)) '())) "Submit"])
;; => <button type="submit" disabled>Submit</button>

;; Dynamic content
`[ul ,@(map (lambda (item) `[li ,item]) items)]

;; Raw HTML (unescaped)
`[div (raw "<em>emphasized</em>")]

See chiccup for more details.