html-express-js
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An Express template engine to render HTML views using native JavaScript
npm install html-express-js
The following shows at a high level how the package can be used as an Express template engine. See example directory for all details of a working implementation.
Set up your Express app to use this engine:
import htmlExpress, { staticIndexHandler } from 'html-express-js';
const app = express();
const __dirname = resolve();
// set up engine
app.engine(
'js',
htmlExpress({
includesDir: 'includes', // where all includes reside
}),
);
// use engine
app.set('view engine', 'js');
// set directory where all index.js pages are served
app.set('views', `${__dirname}/public`);
// render HTML in public/homepage.js with data
app.get('/', function (req, res, next) {
res.render('homepage', {
title: 'Awesome Homepage',
name: 'Bob',
});
});
// OPTIONALLY: route all GET requests to directories
// to their associated static index.js views in the public directory
// and, if not found, route to the 404/index.js view
app.use(
staticIndexHandler({
viewsDir: `${__dirname}/public`, // root views directory to serve all index.js files
notFoundView: '404/index', // relative to viewsDir above
}),
);
Then you can create the associated files:
// public/includes/head.js
import { html } from 'html-express-js';
export const view = () => html`
<meta charset="utf-8" />
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />
<meta
name="viewport"
content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=0"
/>
`;
// public/homepage.js
import { html } from 'html-express-js';
export const view = (data, state) => html`
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
${state.includes.head}
<title>${data.title}</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>This is the homepage for ${data.name}</h1>
</body>
</html>
`;
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An Express template engine to render HTML views using native JavaScript
The npm package html-express-js receives a total of 15 weekly downloads. As such, html-express-js popularity was classified as not popular.
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