@ghom/complate

Comment based templating engine

Installation

npm install @ghom/complate

Usage

First, create a comment based template file with the following comment syntax: /** tag = js script **/ some data /** tag **/. Example:

<h1>Index</h1>
Date: <!-- date = new Date().toISOLocalString() --> 15/10/2024 <!-- date -->

Here, the data between the date tags will be replaced with the result of the new Date().toISOLocalString() script.

Then, use the complate CLI to render the template:

complate index.html

Or, use the complate function to render the template:

import { complate } from '@ghom/complate'

complate('index.html')

After the render, the comments will not be removed, but the data between the tags will be replaced.
You can use a configuration file to define some presets for lighten the templating expression like that:

// complate.js

export function now() {
  return new Date().toUTCString()
}

And then, in a html file:

<!-- date = now --><!-- date -->