Grunt doT template compiler

A plugin that compiles files with doT templates into javascript objects. The motivation is that this work can be done while building the project.

You create multiple template files with several script blocks for each template. The template name is the function name. After compile you can add the js generated file to you project.

Example:

Grunt config:

grunt.initConfig({
	"doTCompiler" : {
		"templates-with-variablename": {
			src: '*.tmpl.doT',
			dest: 'dist/templates-with-variablename.js',
			options: {
				variableName: "_htmlTemplates"
			}
		}
	}
});

Templates:
One template files with several script blocks for each template.

<script id="user-info-tmpl" type="text/x-doT-tmpl">
	<div class="user-info">
		<div>Hi {{=it.name}}!</div>
		<div>{{=it.age || ''}}</div>
	</div>
</script>

<script id="list-items" type="text/x-doT-tmpl">
	<ul class="list-items">
		{{~it.array :value:index}}
			<li class="item">{{=value}}!</li>
		{{~}}
	</ul>
</script>   

Result:

var _htmlTemplates = {
"user-info-tmpl" : function(it) {
var out='<div class="user-info"><div>Hi '+(it.name)+'!</div><div>'+(it.age || '')+'</div></div>';return out;
}
,
"list-items" : function(it) {
var out='<ul class="list-items">';var arr1=it.array;if(arr1){var value,index=-1,l1=arr1.length-1;while(index<l1){value=arr1[index+=1];out+='<li class="item">'+(value)+'!</li>';} } out+='</ul>';return out;
}
};

Usage:

npm install --save grunt-dot-tmpl-compiler

And add to your GruntFile.js:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-dot-tmpl-compiler');

Arguments:

• src: the directory where the templates files exist.
• dist: the destination directory for the compiled templates
• options: the options block

Options:

• variableName: the name of the variable that will contain all the compiled templates. Defaults to _templates.