ss-coffeekup
v0.1.2
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CoffeeKup template engine wrapper providing server-side compiled templates for SocketStream apps
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CoffeeKup Template Engine wrapper for SocketStream 0.3
http://coffeekup.org
Use pre-compiled CoffeeKup client-side templates in your app.
Installation
Add ss-coffeekup
to your application's package.json
file and then add this line to app.js:
ss.client.templateEngine.use(require('ss-coffeekup'));
Restart the server. From now on all templates will be pre-compiled and attached to the CT
window/global variable.
Usage
A template placed in
/client/templates/offers/latest.html (note the .html extension)
Can be rendered in your browser with
html = CT['offers-latest']({name: 'Special Offer'})
Note
CoffeeKup templates do not require a VM or any other client-side library as each template is turned into pure JS code. This is great for convenience and performance, but can result in a lot of code being sent to the client vs other template solutions if your app has many templates.
Improvements and forks welcome.
Options
When experimenting with CoffeeKup, or converting an app from one template type to another, you may find it advantageous to use multiple template engines and confine use of CoffeeKup to a sub-directory of /client/templates
.
Directory names can be passed to the second argument as so:
ss.client.templateEngine.use(require('ss-coffeekup'), '/ck-templates');
To specify another global/window variable instead of CT
set the 'namespace' option in the config as so:
ss.client.templateEngine.use(require('ss-coffeekup'), '/', {namespace: 'MyVar'});