folio-handlebars v0.0.2

FolioHandlebars

Folio.js handlebars render engine

Install

The best way to add Folio-Handlebars to your folio.js project is to use npm.

npm install folio-handlebars --save

Example Usage

// Require folio.js
var Folio = require('folio.js');
var FolioHandlebars = require('folio-handlebars');

// Create a new folio.js application
var myApp = new Folio();

// Create Folio-Handlebars instance
var folioHandlebars = new FolioHandlebars();

// Set as render engine
myApp.setRenderEngine(folioHandlebars);

// Register templates
folioHandlebars.registerTemplate('HelloWorld', __dirname + '/templates/helloWorld.html');

// Register Partials
folioHandlebars.registerPartial('MyPartial', __dirname + '/templates/partials/MyPartial.html');

// Set up route
myApp.get('/hello-world').handler(function(request, response) {

    var myModel = {
    	type: 'cupboard'
    };

    // Render the 'HelloWorld' view with a given model
    response.render('HelloWorld', myModel);
});

// Start the server, and have it listen for requests on port 3000.
myapp.start(3000);

API

registerTemplate(viewName, path, options)

Registers a template with handlebars.

registerPartial(name, path)

Registers a partial with handlebars.

render(viewName, model) -> {String}

Render a view with a model. This method should not be called directly, but via the response object. See above example.

License

FolioHandlebars is licensed under the MIT license.