simplater v1.0.1

Simplater

Fast, minimalistic, logic-less string templating libray inspired by mustache.

Features: 1. Pure string substitution only. Avoids this. 2. Pure JS & Zero dependencies

Template

Anything surrounded by double braces will be treated as a variable and substituted.

eg. {{ param }}

Example

const simplater = require('simplater')

const myTemplate = 'The quick {{colour}} fox jumps over the lazy dog'
console.log(simplater.render(myTemplate, { colour: 'brown' }))

// Output
// The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog

API

render function can take three params

render (template, params, defaultValue)

where,

template = template string (if passed value is not a string, null will be returned)

params = object containing different params & its corresponding values

defaultValue (optional) = the value to substitute if a particular param in template string is not found in params object passed. If not specified, it defaults to a blank string ''

Notes

1. Spaces inside double curly braces are ignored while substituting. eg. {{colour}}, {{ colour}}, {{ colour }} will be treated same
2. Nesting is not supported. If by mistake nested values are passed, only innermost value shall be substituted. {{ {{ colour }}}} will be rendered to {{ brown}} (a quick hack to support this case is to call render again).