consolidated UI setup into a single function call from main

main.go

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
+// GetAndPost is used to have functions that respond to both GET and POST on a URI.
 var GetAndPost = []string{http.MethodGet, http.MethodPost}
 
 // setupEcho creates, configures, and returns a new Echo instance.
@@ -181,11 +182,7 @@ func main() {
 	closer = email.SetupMailSender()
 	defer closer()
 	htmlcheck.SetupDicts()
-	ui.SetupTemplates()
+	closer = ui.SetupUILayer()
-	ui.SetupMenuCache()
-	closer = ui.SetupAmSessionManager()
-	defer closer()
-	closer = ui.SetupAmContext()
 	defer closer()
 
 	// Set up to trap SIGINT/SIGTERM and shut down gracefully

ui/amcontext.go

@@ -620,8 +620,8 @@ func contextRecycler(incoming chan *amContext, done chan bool) {
 	done <- true
 }
 
-// SetupAmContext starts the recycler for contexts.
+// setupContext starts the recycler for contexts.
-func SetupAmContext() func() {
+func setupContext() func() {
 	amContextRecycleBin = make(chan *amContext, config.GlobalConfig.Tuning.Queues.ContextRecycle)
 	done := make(chan bool)
 	go contextRecycler(amContextRecycleBin, done)

ui/amsession.go

@@ -373,8 +373,8 @@ func (st *amSessionStore) sweep(tick <-chan time.Time, done chan bool) {
 // sessionStore is the global session store.
 var sessionStore *amSessionStore
 
-// SetupAmSessionManager sets up the session store and its sweeper goroutine.
+// setupSessionManager sets up the session store and its sweeper goroutine.
-func SetupAmSessionManager() func() {
+func setupSessionManager() func() {
 	// get the time for the session to expire
 	d, err := time.ParseDuration(config.GlobalConfig.Site.SessionExpire)
 	if err != nil {

ui/menus.go

@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ func init() {
 	}
 }
 
-// SetupMenuCache sets up the menu cache.
+// setupMenuCache sets up the menu cache.
-func SetupMenuCache() {
+func setupMenuCache() {
 	var err error
 	if menuCache, err = lru.New(config.GlobalConfig.Tuning.Caches.Menus); err != nil {
 		panic(err)

ui/setup.go

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Amsterdam Web Communities System
+ * Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Erbosoft Metaverse Design Solutions, All Rights Reserved
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+// Package ui holds the support for the Amsterdam user interface, wrapping Echo and Jet templates.
+package ui
+
+import "slices"
+
+// SetupUILayer sets up the UI layer, and returns a function to close it down again.
+func SetupUILayer() func() {
+	exitfuncs := make([]func(), 0, 2)
+	setupTemplates()
+	setupMenuCache()
+	exitfuncs = append(exitfuncs, setupSessionManager())
+	exitfuncs = append(exitfuncs, setupContext())
+	return func() {
+		slices.Reverse(exitfuncs)
+		for _, f := range exitfuncs {
+			f()
+		}
+	}
+}

ui/templates.go

@@ -303,8 +303,8 @@ func postRewrite(a jet.Arguments) reflect.Value {
 	return reflect.ValueOf(data)
 }
 
-// SetupTemplates is called to set up the template renderer after the configuration is loaded.
+// setupTemplates is called to set up the template renderer after the configuration is loaded.
-func SetupTemplates() {
+func setupTemplates() {
 	views = jet.NewSet(
 		multi.NewLoader(
 			jet.NewOSFileSystemLoader(config.GlobalConfig.Rendering.TemplateDir),