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ECT

CoffeeScript template engine. Backward compatible with eco.

Installation

npm install ect

Features

Caching templates
Automatic reloading of changed templates
CoffeeScript code in templates
Supports tag customization
Node.JS and client-side support
Powerful but simple syntax
Inheritance, partials, blocks

Usage

var ECT = require('ect');

var renderer = ECT({ root : __dirname + '/view', cache : true, ext : '.ect' });

renderer.render('page', { title: 'Hello, World!' }, function(error, html) {
    console.log(error);
    console.log(html);
});

You may use JavaScript object as root.

var ECT = require('ect');

var renderer = ECT({ root : {
                layout: '<html><head><title><%- title %></title></head><body><% content %></body></html>',
                page: '<% extend "layout" %><p>Page content</p>'
                }, cache : true
            });

renderer.render('page', { title: 'Hello, World!' }, function(error, html) {
    console.log(error);
    console.log(html);
});

You can play with demo to check all features.

Syntax

Unescaped output

<%- someVar %>

Escaped output

<%= someVar %>

CoffeeScript code

<% for article in @articles : %>
    <% partial 'article', { article: article } %>
<% end %>

<% if @user?.authenticated : %>
    <% partial 'partials/user' %>
<% else : %>
    <% partial 'partials/auth' %>
<% end %>

Inheritance

<% extend 'layout' %>

<% extend 'layout', { customVar: 'Hello, World!' } %>

Use

<% content %>

in parent template to define the insertion point.

Partials

<% partial 'partial' %>

<% partial 'partial', { customVar: 'Hello, World!' } %>

Blocks

<% block 'blockName' : %>
    <p>This is block content</p>
<% end %>

Use

<% content 'blockName' %>

in parent template to define the insertion point.

Blocks supports more than one level of inheritance and may be redefined.

Options

root Templates root folder or JavaScript object containing templates
ext Extension of templates, defaulting to '' (not used for JavaScript objects as root)
cache Compiled functions are cached, defaulting to false
watch Automatic reloading of changed templates, defaulting to false (useful for debugging with enabled cache, not supported for client-side)
open Open tag, defaulting to '<%'
close Closing tag, defaulting to '%>'

Client-side support

Basically, include coffee-script.js and ect.min.js to a page and ect ready to use.

var renderer = ECT({ root : 'view', cache : true });

renderer.render('page', { title: 'Hello, World!' }, function(error, html) {
    console.log(error);
    console.log(html);
});

NOTE: root folder must be on the same domain to avoid cross-domain restrictions.

License

(The MIT License)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED 'AS IS', WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.