A super simple, easily extensible and inspirational template engine for Node.js!
NTE stands for Node.js Template Engine.
Features:
- parse templates thanks to vm.runInContext
- bidirectional data communication
- light footprint (the code is only 109 lines!)
- coming soon allow to choose between
vm.runInContext(code, contextifiedSandbox[, options])
vm.runInDebugContext(code)
vm.runInNewContext(code[, sandbox][, options])
vm.runInThisContext(code[, options])(now it relies only upon runInContext)
- coming soon include directives
npm install nte --saveNode
nte.linkExpress(expressObject, templatesFolder)link express to NTE to deliver compiled tempaltes
nte.renderFile(filePath, globals);take the specified file and compile it using the variables passed with the "globals" parameter
Template
echo(string)print some text to the output buffer.
Server code (/server.js)
// initialization code
var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var nte = require("nte");
// if you want express support:
// nte.linkExpress(expressObject, templatesFolder);
nte.linkExpress(app, "public");
// serve as string
app.get('/NTEPlain', function (req, res) {
var myTpl = nte.renderFile(__dirname + "/public/myTpl.nte", {username: "john.doe"});
res.end(myTpl);
});
// serve with express
app.get('/NTEExpress', function (req, res) {
res.render('myTpl', {username: "john.doe"});
});
// *** LISTENING ***
var server = app.listen(8081, function () {
var host = server.address().address;
var port = server.address().port;
console.log("Listening at http://%s:%s", host, port);
});Template Code (/public/myTpl.nte)
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>hello world</title>
</head>
<body>
<?node var foo = 2; foo; echo(" " + (foo++) + " "); foo++; echo(foo); ?>
hello <?node echo(username); ?>!
<?node echo(foo); ?>
</body>
</html>- 1.1.0 Performance improvements:
- Not using regex for parsing anymore saving performance on PREG overhead. Simple string checks are now performed. I know this could lead to parsing problem in some cases but if you know what you're doing this worth it.
- All the js code is now squashed together and executed at once reducing overhead on the VM calls!
- 1.0.0 Initial release