1.4.0 • Published 7 years ago
express-marko v1.4.0
express-marko
Installation
npm install express-marko --saveUsage
Example
const app = require('express')()
const marko = require('express-marko')
// tell express-marko where your templates are (default: process.cwd())
app.set('views', 'views/')
// add the marko middleware to your app
app.use(marko)
app.get('/', (req, res, next) => {
// this will render the file views/home.marko
res.render('home')
})
app.listen(8080)Note: If you set process.env.NODE_ENV to 'development', your templates will not be cached.
res.render()
See res.render in the express API.
Example - add locals
Express:
app.get('/profile', (req, res, next) => {
res.render('profile', {
name: 'Alfons',
age: 24
})
})Template:
<html>
<head>
<title>Profile of ${data.name}</title>
</head>
<body>
Hi. I am ${data.name} and I am ${data.age} years old.
</body>
</html>Output:
<html>
<head>
<title>Profile of Alfons</title>
</head>
<body>
Hi. I am Alfons and I am 24 years old.
</body>
</html>Example - $global
app.get('/example', (req, res, next) => {
res.global.name = 'Alfons'
res.render('example', {
$global: {
age: 24
},
color: 'blue'
})
})You can access the name and age within you template:
<h1>Hi ${out.global.name}</h1>
<h2>You are ${out.global.age}</h2>
<h2>You like the color ${data.color}</h2>