* /Users/ben/projects/example/
  * components/
    * users/
      * _form.mustache
      * index.mustache
      * new.mustache
      * edit.mustache
      * show.mustache
    * todos/
      * _widget.mustache
      * index.mustache
      * show.mustache

  * core/
    * layouts/
      * application.mustache
  * public/
    * templates/
      * one_off_template.mustache

Axilla first needs to be configured with the location of any/all templates.

var baseDir = "/Users/ben/projects/example/components";
axilla.configure(baseDir)
// has now stored a reference to all files ending in .mustache in /components

Axilla can be configured multiple times with different locations of templates.

var secondBaseDir = "/Users/ben/projects/example/public";
axilla.configure(secondBaseDir);
// has now stored a reference to all files ending in .mustache in /public

Templates that are layouts should be specified as such:

var layoutPath = "/Users/ben/projects/example/core/layouts";
axilla.configure(layoutPath, {layouts: true});
// has now stored a reference to all files ending in .mustache in /public

A default layout should be specified:

axilla.setDefaultLayout('application');

This will find all templates ending in .mustache at any depth in /Users/ben/projects/example/public, /Users/ben/projects/example/components and /Users/ben/projects/example/core/layouts. Axilla will store files that are prefixed with an underscore as partials for use within other views. Inside of the mustache template, they can be referenced with the partial helper:

<div class="new-user-form">{{partial "users/form"}}</div>

When referencing a partial inside the views, the filename does not include the prefixed underscore.

Within the layouts, the special attribute yield represents the template that is being rendered. For example, a layout would look something like the following:

<!-- core/layouts/application.mustache -->
<html>
  <head>
  </head>
  <body>
    <div id="main">
      {{yield}}
    </div>
  </body>
</html>

To render a template, call axilla.render passing the path and filename (minus the extensions) relative to the directory supplied to axilla.configure, i.e.

var indexHtml = axilla.render('users/index', {users: []});
var showHtml = axilla.render('todos/show', {todo: {}});
var oneOffHtml = axilla.render('templates/one_off_template', {});

We can shorten this by invoking axilla with defaults.

var render = axilla('users');
var html = render('index', {users: []});

API

axilla(pathOrOptions[, options])

Invoking axilla and passing either a path or options, or both, will set those as defaults and return a function scoped with those defaults.

axilla.configure(path[, options])

path must be an absolute path to a directory. options can contain the following:

layouts - if set to true, templates found at path will be treated as layouts and can be referenced later as a layout.
cache - If set to false, templates will be read from disk every time they are rendered. This is a nice feature in development, where templates will be reloaded without having to restart the server. Caching is on by default.

axilla.render(path, viewObject[, options])

This will render the html of the template found at path with the values in viewObject. options may specify a different layout then the default or false to render the template without the layout.

axilla.setDefaultLayout(path)

Will set the already configured layout as the default layout.

axilla.clearCache()

Will clear any references to any templates. Most likely not of use, except maybe in testing.

axilla.handlebars()

Will return the reference to the Handlebars library. Useful for those who want to take advantage of Handlebars ability to define helpers.

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