yhandlebars

yhandlebars is a handlebars.js CLI for precompiling YUI handlebars templates as YUI modules. Checkout the official Handlebars docs site at www.handlebarsjs.com and the official YUI Handlebars docs at yuilibrary.com/yui/docs/handlebars/.

Precompiling Templates

Handlebars allows templates to be precompiled and included as javascript code rather than the handlebars template allowing for faster startup time.

Installation

The precompiler script may be installed via npm using the npm install -g yhandlebars command.

Usage

Precompile handlebar templates.
Usage: yhandlebars template ...

Options:
  -f, --output     Output File                                                                [string]
  -k, --known      Known helpers                                                              [string]
  -o, --knownOnly  Known helpers only                                                         [boolean]
  -m, --min        Minimize output                                                            [boolean]
  -s, --simple     Output template function only.                                             [boolean]
  -r, --root       Template root. Base value that will be stripped from template names.       [string]
  -n, --namespace  Namespace in which the templates object will reside under the Y instance.  [string]  [default: "Handlebars"]

Simple mode

If using the simple mode the precompiler will generate a single javascript method.

Module mode

If using the precompiler's normal mode, the resulting templates will be stored to the Y.Handlebars.templates object using the relative template name sans the extension. These templates may be executed in the same manner as templates.

Namespacing

To change the location where the templates object should be stored on the Y instance just pass a namespace argument like so -n NS and the templates will be stored to Y.NS.templates.

Mustache compatible

The compiler will also precompile *.mustache files.

Using templates in YUI

The templates will be wrapped in a YUI.add(...) call to be used as a YUI module. The name of the module will be the relative -f output file name sans the extension. If the -f argument is not given the module name will default to templates.

Since the module is configured to require handlebars-base you can simply use the module in YUI like so:

YUI.use("templates", function (Y) {
	var template = Y.Handlebars.templates["template-name"],
		data = {
			"foo": "bar"
		};

	template(data); // Renders the template as a string

});