jstpl

JS templates compiler.

Instalation

npm install jstpl

Using from code

var jstpl = require("jstpl"),
	loader = jstpl.fileLoader("./path/to/templates"),
	compiler = jstpl.compiler(loader);
compiler.loadPlugins();
compiler.parse("firstFile.tpl");
compiler.parse("secondFile.tpl");
compiler.getCode(function(error, code) {
	// code - compiled template
});
compiler.getFunction(function(error, fn) {
	var out = fn("firstFile.tpl", {arg1: 12, arg2: "test"});
});

Using from command line

jstpl [--function=function_name] [--out=output_file.js] [--plugins=no] template1.tpl template2.tpl template3.tpl ...

Options

• --out - output file (stdout by default)
• --function - function name (jstpl by default)
• --plugins - yes|no use or don't use default plugins

Example

books.tpl:

<div class="book_list">
	$each($books) |b| {
		<a href="/book/$b.id|utils.html.escape">$b.name|utils.html.escape</a>
	}
</div>

compile.sh:

jstpl --out=books.tpl.js books.tpl

use.js:

...
var books = [{ id: 1, name: "Игра в классики" }, { id: 1, name: "Игра в биссер" }]
var books_html = jstpl("books.tpl", { books: books })
...

Syntax

## One-line comment
#*
	Comment
	\# \$ \\ \" - escaping
*#

$title ## Insert variable value
$test_fn($test, 1, "Заголовок: $title") ## Function call

## Call  function with two arguments: first - array, second - hash
$test_fn2([1, 2, $title, "str"] {
	color: "red",
	name: "Test",
	"$title": "Title"
})

## Call function "if" with argument and block. (see "plugins" dir)
$if($title) {
	<div>$title</div>
}

## Create macro (user function).
## Second and thrid arguments have default values.
$lambda(my_fn) |arg1, arg2:"None", id:$utils.id()| {
	<div id="$id" class="$arg1">$arg2</div>
}

## Call my_fn.
## Argument "id" passed by name.
$my_fn("cl", id:"my_id")

$str_fn()|utils.html.escape ## Equals $utils.html.escape($str_fn())

## See "plugins" directory for plugin examples.