grunt-xslate

Compile Text::Xslate template files from Grunt.

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.0

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-xslate --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-xslate');

This plugin was designed to work with Grunt 0.4.x. If you're still using grunt v0.3.x it's strongly recommended that you upgrade, but in case you can't please use v0.3.2.

and install xslate command or your command.

cpanm Text::Xslate

Xslate task

Run this task with the grunt xslate command.

Task targets, files and options may be specified according to the grunt Configuring tasks guide.

Options

cartonExec

Enebale to carton exec command. If you are using a carton, you should enable.

runner

Rather than xslate command, you can run the perl command that you have defined. write your perl, and grant excute authority.

e.g.

#!/usr/bin/env perl
use Text::Xslate;
my ($template_path, ) = @ARGV;
my $engine = Text::Xslate->new(%your_options);
print $engine->render(template_path, \%your_arguments);

chmod 755 bin/your-engine.pl

data

Define template variables. This will be passed to define option of xslate command.

syntax

You can specified template syntax.(e.g. Kolon)

formatter

You can rocess the data to be specified define

{
  xslate: {
    example: {
      options: {
        formatter: function (value, name) {
          return JSON.stringify(value) // --define="foo={"fuga":1000, "hoge":2000}"
        },
        data: {
          foo: {
            fuga: 1000,
            hoge: 2000,
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Usage Example

xslate: {
  basic: {
    options: {
      cartonExec: true,
      data: {
        content: 'this is the message!',
      }
    },
    files:
      'dist/output.html': 'src/input.tx'
  },
  original: {
    options: {
      cartonExec: true,
      syntax:     null,
      runner:     'bin/my-xslate',
    },
    files: [
      expand:  true,
      flatten: true,
      ext:     '.html',
      src:     '**/*.tx',
      dest:    'dist/'
    ]
  }
}