Is there a template engine for Node js

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I m experimenting with building an entire web application using Node js  Is there a template engine similar to  for example  the Django template engine or the like that at least allows you to extend base templates

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I use Twig with Symfony and am now dabbling in node js  so I m looking at https   github com justjohn twig js and https   github com paularmstrong swig  which you ll probably like if you use django

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Check out the Node js modules wiki page  They have listed all the templating engines supporting node js

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Did you try PURE  If you give it a try  feel free to post any trouble you may face at the forum  While it was primarly designed for the browser  it works well with Jaxer and Rhino   I don t know node js yet but if you can cache some JS and functions in memory  the speed should be even more impressive

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There is a port of the Django templating engine to JavaScript  However  its not been updated for a long time but it may still have enough features   http   code google com p jtl-javascript-template

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Honestly  the best and most simple template engine for Node js is  IMHO  Plates  https   github com flatiron plates   You might also want to check out the Flatiron MVC framework for Node js  http   flatiron org

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Here s a good evaluation of several engines http   engineering linkedin com frontend client-side-templating-throwdown-mustache-handlebars-dustjs-and-more

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There are new templating engines all the time   underscore js adds a lot of functional programming support to js  and has templating   And just today I heard about this  http   github com SamuraiJack Shotenjin-Joosed

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haml is a good choice for node js  http   github com creationix haml-js  haml-js      XML     strict  html  xmlns   http   www w3 org 1999 xhtml       head      title Sample haml template    body      profile        left column          date  print date            address  current user address        right column          email  current user email          bio  current user bio   html   lt  xml version  1 0  encoding  utf-8    gt   lt  DOCTYPE html PUBLIC  -  W3C  DTD XHTML 1 0 Strict  EN   http   www w3 org TR xhtml1 DTD xhtml1-strict dtd  gt   lt html xmlns  http   www w3 org 1999 xhtml  gt  lt head gt  lt title gt Sample haml template  lt  title gt  lt  head gt  lt body gt  lt div class  profile  gt  lt div class  left column  gt  lt div id  date  gt January 1  2009  lt  div gt  lt div id  address  gt Richardson  TX  lt  div gt  lt  div gt  lt div class  right column  gt  lt div id  email  gt tim creationix com  lt  div gt  lt div id  bio  gt Experienced software professional     lt  div gt  lt  div gt  lt  div gt  lt  body gt  lt  html gt

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I ve heard good things about  dust  http   akdubya github com dustjs  dust

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You should be able to use mustache js  if it doesn t work send me the issues and I ll get it fixed because I m about to be using them in node js anyway   http   github com janl mustache js  I know that it works without a DOM because a bunch of CouchDB standalone apps are using it in a Spidermonkey view server

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I have done some work on a pretty complete port of the Django template language for Simon Willisons djangode project  Utilities functions for node js that borrow some useful concepts from Django    See the documentation here

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You can use dojox dtl of DojoToolkit org  Note that dojo 1 7 can well run on NodeJS and perform as a server side library  If you re interested  I can give you a simple example

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If you like haml  but want something even better check out http   jade-lang com for node  I wrote haml js as well

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You can try beardless  it s inspired by weld plates    For example     post      title   Next generation templating  Start shaving       text   TL DR You should really check out beardless       comments         text   Hey cool           text   Really gotta check that out                 Your template    lt h1 data-template  post title  gt  lt  h1 gt   lt p data-template  post text  gt  lt  p gt   lt div gt     lt div data-template  post comments  class  comment  gt       lt p data-template  post comments text  gt  lt  p gt     lt  div gt   lt  div gt    Output    lt h1 gt Next generation templating  Start shaving  lt  h1 gt   lt p gt TL DR You should really check out beardless  lt  p gt   lt div gt     lt div class  comment  gt       lt p gt Hey cool  lt  p gt     lt  div gt     lt div class  comment  gt       lt p gt Really gotta check that out    lt  p gt     lt  div gt   lt  div gt

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Try  vash  - asp net mvc like razor syntax for node js  https   github com kirbysayshi Vash  also checkout  http   haacked com archive 2011 01 06 razor-syntax-quick-reference aspx       sample var tmpl   vash compile   lt hr  gt  model a  model b lt hr  gt     var html   tmpl   a    hello    b    world     res write html

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WARNING   JinJs is not maintained anymore  It is still working but not compatible with the lastest version of express   You could try using jinjs  It is a port of the Jinja  a very good Python templating system  You can install it with npm like this    npm install jinjs   in template tpl    I say       sentence       in your template js    jinjs   require  jinjs    jinjs registerExtension   tpl    tpl   require    template    str   tpl render   sentence    Hello  World      console log str     The output will be    I say    Hello  World     We are actively developing it  a good documentation should come pretty soon

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Try Yajet too   -   It s a new one that I just released yesterday  but I m using it for a while now and it s stable and fast  templates are compiled to a native JS function    It has IMO the best syntax possible for a template engine  and a rich feature set despite its small code size  8 5K minified    It has directives that allow you to introduce conditionals  iterate arrays hashes  define reusable template components etc

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You should take a look at node-asyncEJS  which is explicitly designed to take the asynchronous nature of node js into account  It even allows async code blocks inside of the template   Here an example form the documentation    lt html gt     lt head gt       lt   ctx hello    World      gt       lt title gt  lt     Hello     ctx hello   gt  lt  title gt     lt  head gt     lt body gt        lt h1 gt  lt    setTimeout function      res print  Async Header    res finish       2000     gt  lt  h1 gt       lt p gt  lt    setTimeout function      res print  Body    res finish       1000     gt  lt  p gt      lt  body gt   lt  html gt

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If you re looking for a minimalist approach to templates  you can check out JSON Template   A more full-featured alternative is EJS   It s a bit more similar to something you d get from Django   Your mileage may vary for each of these - they re designed for a browser Javascript environment  and not Node js

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Google s Closure Templates is a natively-JavaScript templating system and a seemingly natural fit with NodeJS  Here are some instructions for integrating them

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I found hogan js from Twitter and recommended by Tim O Reilly on his site  I have no best practice with it  but I trust on Twitter and O Reilly  You should try

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