[Decorator] Templating decorator (Jade, EJS, etc...)

[Romakita]

@ResponseView(partialName) decorator use the render express method to send the response using the template HTML (or ejs, jade, etc...). In addition, the data returned by the method, will be used by ResponseView to provide the final HTML response (or any other format).

@Controller("/events")
export class EventCtrl {

    @Get("/:id")
    @ResponseView("eventCard")
    public get(request: Express.Request, response: Express.Response): any {
        return {startDate: new Date(), name: "MyEvent"};
    }
}

eventCard => views/eventCard.html

Annotation's name is a proposal. If you have a better idea of name, tell-it !

[alexproca]

Name proposal :)

@Template("event.ejs")
public get(...) {...}

@Template("login.jade")
public login(...) {...}

[Romakita]

Template isn't not bad :)
Extension .ejs or .jade is optional with express when we use this.app.engine('.html', require('ejs').__express);

[vincent178]

I'd like to help on this, but I don't know if I have enough time. :)

[Romakita]

Why not :)

[alexproca]

I do not have very much experience with template engines on server side (only used ejs and compiled handlebars). And I may be wrong but I read somewhere that you can use multiple template engines at the same time and the engine will be selected by template extension.

var engines = require('consolidate');
app.engine('haml', engines.haml);
app.engine('html', engines.hogan);

[Romakita]

Ho yes. Exactly... so extension will be provided if is necessary.

[vincent178]

#16

[vincent178]

Hi guys, I implement a decorator called ResponseView to support this, code review is very welcome.

Thanks,
Vincent