Templating Engine 💾

Template engines are used when you want to build web applications quickly. Template engines also provide fast processing of server-side data. For example, components such as header, body, footer can be easily produced and linked to a single code written for each page instead of writing them one by one.

Comparison of template engines

Templating engines	EJS	Handlebars	Mustache
Licenses	Apache-2.0	MIT	MIT
Daily Downloads	2,408,380	2,347,435	674,611
Tutorials	+++	++	+
Installation	easy	easy	not sure
Comfortable	not really	yes	never used
Using	not my style	yes	maybe

Handlebars

The main reason I wanted to use Handlebars for this project was Janno's suggestion. But later on I realised that I can easily find solutions with tutorials and that the Handlebars coding style suits me.

Sources

• https://www.educative.io/answers/what-are-template-engines
• https://dev.to/alexmercedcoder/intro-to-express-templating-and-api-s-ejs-handlebars-mustache-pug-4al0
• https://handlebarsjs.com/guide/#what-is-handlebars