func viewHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { title := r.URL.Path[lenPath:] p, _ := loadPage(title) renderTemplate(w, "view", p) } func editHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) { title := r.URL.Path[lenPath:] p, err := loadPage(title) if err != nil { p = &Page{Title: title} } renderTemplate(w, "edit", p) } func renderTemplate(w http.ResponseWriter, tmpl string, p *Page) { t, _ := template.ParseFiles(tmpl + ".html") t.Execute(w, p) } The handlers are now shorter and simpler.