Basic template functions for brown template engine

Usage

npm install brown
npm install brown-ext-basic

then

brown = require('brown')
require('brown-ext-basic')(brown)

brown.render(.....)

Looping / iteration

data = 
  itemtemplate: "<div>{{key}} {{value}}</div>"
  items: [1,2,3]

brown.render "{{foreach:items:itemtemplate:No items found}}", data 

output:

<div>0 1</div><div>1 2</div><div>2 3</div>

Function Chaining

brown.uppercase = (str) -> str.toUpperCase()
brown.important = (str) -> '!! '+str 
brown.render "{{chain:foo:uppercase:important}}", {foo:"hello world"}

output:

!! HELLO WORLD

If / Else

brown.render "{{if:foo:bar:sorry}}", {foo:"hello world", bar:"yes!"}

output:

yes!

Inline templates

str = ' 
  {{template:foobar:
      <b>this is {value}</b>\\n
  }}

  {{foreach:items:foobar:no items found}}
';

brown.render str, { items:[1,2,3] }

output:

<b>this is 1</b>
<b>this is 2</b>
<b>this is 3</b>

Include

test/include.brown :

included was {{foo}} !!

coffeescript:

console.log brown.render '{{include:test/include.brown}}', { foo:"was succesful" }
console.log brown.render '{{include:test/include.brown:newdata}}', { newdata:{ foo:"was succesful"} }

output:

included was succesful !!
included was succesful !!