splatter
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A quicker template engine for Express.js
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Splatter
A quicker, unopinionated template engine for Express.js
Write server-side JavaScript inside HTML using a code block:
filename.splat
*{
title = 'Oh look...';
colors = ['Red', 'Blue', 'Green'];
}
<html>...Output JavaScript variables:
<h1>*title</h1>
Use parenthisis if needed:
<h1>*(title + ' colors.')</h1>Loop just like in JavaScript:
*for (color in colors) {
<li>*color</li>
}Conditions:
*if (title.length > 3) {
<h1>*title</h1>
}Make comments anywhere:
*[ I'm feeling blue ]Here's an example:
index.splat
*{
title = 'Oh look...';
colors = ['Red', 'Blue', 'Green'];
}
<html>
<body>
<h1>*(title + ' colors.')</h1>
<ul>
*[I'm feeling blue]
*for (color in colors) {
<li *if (colors[color] == 'Blue') {style="color: blue"}>
*colors[color]
</li>
}
</ul>
</body>
</html>Express Example
Here's an example of how to set up with express:
const express = require('express')
const splatter = require('splatter');
const app = express()
app.engine('splat', splatter)
app.set('views', './views') // specify the views directory
app.set('view engine', 'splat') // register the template engine
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.render('index', {
title: 'Page Title',
message: 'Hello there!'
})
})
var port = 3000;
app.listen(port, () => console.log('Listening on http://localhost:' + port))Use *input.title to output variables passed to the template.