Jinja.js

Client-side rendering of Twig/Jinja/Jinjs templates.

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Demos

You can find demos under the /tests folder:

• Basic Javascript
• The include function
• The extends function
• The macro function

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Get Started

1. Include Script

<script src="lib/jinja.min.js"></script>

2. Add HTML Markup

<script type="text/jinja" id="standalone">
    <h1>Welcome to {{ title|capitalize}}!</h1>
</script>

3. Render

a. jQuery

<script src="lib/jinja.jquery.js"></script>
...
<script>
    // Replace #content with rendered template
    $('#content').jinja({ title: 'jinja.js' });
</script>

b. Vanilla Javascript

<script>
    var script      = document.getElementById('standalone');
    var template    = script.innerHTML;
    var context     = { title: 'jinja.js' };
    var content     = Jinja.render(template, context);

    document.write(content);

    // or

    var container = document.createElement('div');
    container.innerHTML = content;
    script.parentNode.replaceChild(container, script);
</script>

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Building

A quick build script is included at bin/build that will install dependencies, compile & compress:

$ ./bin/build
npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm info using npm@1.1.0-2
…
Finished!

This will create:

• build/build.js -> lib/jinja.js
• build/build.min.js -> lib/jinja.min.js

Requirements

• NodeJS
• npm
• Browserify
• Java (for YUI Compressor)

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Author

• Eric Clemmons eric@smarterspam.com

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See Also

• node-jinjs
• node-browserify