2.0.1 • Published 12 months ago
@crster/htmlike v2.0.1
HTMLike
Htmlike is a template engine primarily used in expressjs
Syntax Example
<view {layout}>
<block {body}>
<p>This will be rendered inside "layout > body" block</p>
<p>{variable.name} passed from render()</p>
</block>
<!-- This is a for loop sample -->
<ul>
<for {animal of animals}>
<li>{animal}</li>
</for>
</ul>
</view>Quick Start
Installation
npm install @crster/htmlikenodejs
var htmlike = require('@crster/htmlike');
var data = { world: "Template engine" }
var output = htmlike.render('<p>Hello {world}</p>', data);
// <p>Hello Template engine</p>express
const express = require("express")
const htmlike = require("@crster/htmlike")
const app = express()
app.engine("html", htmlike.expressViewEngine)
app.set("view engine", "html")
app.set("views", "./src/views")Render Expression
<p>One + Two = {1 + 2}</p>Escape Expression
<p>use this {{"Hello"}}</p>
// will be rendered to
<p>use this {Hello}</p>Render List
<for {user of users}>
<p>{user.name}</p>
</for>Render Condition
<switch {users.length}>
<case {0}>
<p>No result found</p>
</case>
<case {1}>
<p>The choosen one</p>
</case>
<case {5}>
<p>The best five</p>
</case>
<case {}>
<p>This is switch default</p>
</case>
</switch>
// To render if else like statement
<switch {!!users}>
<case {true}>
<p>User is not null</p>
</case>
<case {false}>
<p>User is null</p>
</case>
</switch>Whitelisted tags
<script>, <noscript>, <style> and <pre> are whitelisted.
meaning braces {} will work as usual. to render the expression inside you must use two braces {{}}
data is { name: "Doe" }
<script>
let name = "John";
let alias = `${name}-{{name}}`;
</script>
// will render to
<script>
let name = "John";
let alias = `${name}-Doe`;
</script>Render Layout + Extending Block
Create layout.chtml
<!-- This code inside layout file -->
<html>
<head>
<block {css}>
<style>
body {
color: blue;
}
</style>
</block>
</head>
<body>
<block {body}/>
<block {script}/>
</body>
</html>Create welcome.chtml
<view {layout}>
<block {css}>
<style>body { color: red }</style>
</block>
<block {body}>
<p>Markup goes here!</p>
</block>
</view>