domjs

domjs - Client and server side dom template engine

Build dom structure easy way with plain JavaScript.
Can be used on both client and server side.
Due to its small footprint it suits small projects best.

Instalation

When using node:

$ npm install domjs

Instructions for browser side installation coming soon.

Usage

What would be the easiest, most intuitive way to build html5 DOM tree with
plain JavaScript ?

var mytemplate = function () {
	header(
		h1('Heading'),
		h2('Subheading'));

	nav(
		ul({ class: 'breadcrumbs' },
			li(a({ href: '/' }, 'Home')),
			li(a({ href: '/section/'}, 'Section')),
			li(a('Subject'))));

	article(
		p('Lorem ipsum...'));

	footer('Footer stuff');
};

This is how templates for domjs are written. To get mytemplate function
content turned into DOM (literally DocumentFragment):

var domjs = require('domjs/lib/html5')(document);

var mydom = domjs(mytemplate);

Other notes

You can save references to elements and operate on them later:

var myul = ul(li('one'), li('two'), li('three'));

// ... some code ...

// add extra items to myul
myul(li('four'), li('five));

// append myul into other element
div(myul);

You can access DOM elements directly, just invoke returned function with no
arguments

(myul() instanceof DOMElement) === true

Comment type nodes:

_comment('my comment');

CDATA type nodes

_cdata('cdata text');

Text nodes in main scope:

_text('my text');

Elements with names that are reserved keywords in JavaScript language,
like 'var', should be created with preceding underscore added to its name:

_var('var content');

Tests

When installed for node with npm (do make install first)

$ make test

Tests with coverage report:

$ make test-cov