Elvis

Elvis is a JavaScript library for creating and building DOM elements programmatically. It does this using native, cross-browser APIs (createElement et al). Elvis works like a template library, except without having to compile templates from strings. DOM generating code must also be valid JavaScript, and it really shines when used with a transpiled language like CoffeeScript. It is inspired by template languages like Jade and HAML.

var el = elvis;

el(document.body, [
  el('nav', el('ul', [
    el('li', el('a(href="/")',     'Home')),
    el('li', el('a(href="/news")', 'News')),
    ...
  ])),
  el('#contents', [
    el('span.my-class', 'Hello, World!')
  ])
]);

Release notes

v1.0.4 (2016-05-10)

• Update elvis-backbone for better CommonJS support

v1.0.3 (2015-06-01)

• Restructure project to allow for separate elvis and elvis-backbone modules.

v1.0.0 (2015-05-29)

• Make elvis npm compatible

v0.3.1 (2014-02-24)

• Call transform function with proper context
• Handle number and boolean types equal to string

v0.3.0 (2014-02-03)

• Add support for setting style attributes directly and with bindings

v0.2.7 (2014-01-06)

• Add .bindTo to Backbone Views

v0.2.6 (2013-11-11)

• Fix #10 - Several Internet Explorer 8 issues

v0.2.5

• Add support for "safe" strings which are not escaped

v0.2.4

• Flatten out nested arrays passed as child elements

v0.2.3

• Add support for boolean attributes

v0.2.2

• Change Backbone.Model API to use .get and .set for the transform registration methods

v0.2.1

• Add Backbone.Model data-binding plugin
• Proper handling of value attribute
• Add event listener function el.on

v0.2.0

• Add plugin for Backbone.Model support
• Minor bug fixes

v0.1.1

• Fix issue with adding child nodes

v0.1.0

• Initial release

Perform release

• Update Release notes
• Bump package.json and bower.json version numbers (also in elvis/ + elvis-backbone/)
• Run npm run-script build to update all distribution sources
• git tag -a <tag> with the appropriate version number
• npm publish in both elvis/ + elvis-backbone/