THELPERS

Set of template helpers

Thelpers is a set of template helpers. Commands are chained as such:

var th = require('thelpers');
var a = th('2014-10-31 > repeat 2 > dasherize > right 10 > subtract 3 days > calendar');
console.log(a)

To get a list of functions, use

console.log(th.list)

Apart from using the chain, you can use the different functions directly. Each set of functions lives on it's own letter, d,j,m or s.

See below.

String Utils

All the functions found at stringjs, with the added:

s.truncateHTML

s.truncateHTML(val, truncateLength, truncateBy, suffix, stripHTML, strict)

uses truncatise

all the functions live on the 's' namespace same functions signatures as string, but specify the value as the first argument.

So for example the original example

S('data_rate').camelize().s

becomes:

s.camelize('data_rate')

Date utils

uses moment and lives on the 'm' namespace

use the same functions signatures as moment, but specify the value as the first argument.

So for example the example

moment('2012-12-31').add(20,'days')

is used like so:

m.add('2012-12-31',20,'days')

Inline Javascript utils

j.inline(some_js_variables)

It will add automatically script tags and descend in objects; or, to output only one variable:

j.inline.variable(name,variable)

Markup Utils

m.id

simple counter for generating unique IDs

m.id('page'); //returns page1
m.id('page'); //returns page2
m.id('page'); //returne page3
m.id('page','otherContext'); //returns page1
m.id('page','otherContext'); //returns page2
m.id() //returns 1
console.log(m.id.ids);
/**
{
	_global: [ 'page1', 'page2', 'page3', 1 ],
	otherContext: [ 'page11', 'page21' ]
}
**/

m.loop

Adds classes for looping templates:

var a = new m.loop(0,5);//number, total
var b = new m.loop(1,5,'item-'); //'item-' is the default prefix
var c = {};
m.loop(c,2,5,'object_'); //adds the loop helper to the object
var d = {}
m.loop(d,3,5,'object_','__loop'); //specifies the function name to add to the item, it is 'loop_pos' by default 
var e = {}
m.loop(e,4,5,'object_','__loop',true); //this will make the "toString" function default to __loop

for(var n in c){
	console.log(c[n]); //nothing shows, the added function is not enumerable
}

console.log(
	'A: ['+a+']\n' // notice no need to call pos() or loop_pos() or any function on native loop objects as their toString function uses pos() internally
+	'B: ['+b.pos('some added thingy')+']\n' //but you can append by explicitely calling the function
+	'C: ['+c.loop_pos()+']\n'
+	'D: ['+d.__loop()+']\n'
+	'E: ['+e+']\n' //we passed true as a last argument, so toString works here too
);
/** Returns:
A: [item-1 item-first item-odd]
B: [item-2 item-middle item-even some added thingy]
C: [object_3 object_middle object_odd]
D: [object_4 object_last object_even]
**/

var menuItems = [{text:'a'},{text:'b'},{text:'c'},{text:'d'}];
m.loop(menuItems,'mItem-','_p',false)
for(n in menuItems){
	console.log('<li class="'+menuItems[n]._p()+'">'+menuItems[n].text+'</li>');
}
/** Returns:
<li class="mItem-1 mItem-first mItem-odd">a</li>
<li class="mItem-2 mItem-middle mItem-even">b</li>
<li class="mItem-3 mItem-middle mItem-odd">c</li>
<li class="mItem-4 mItem-last mItem-even">d</li>
**/

m.createMenu

var menu = m.createMenu();

menu('#home');
menu('#galleries');
menu('Social Media','#')
menu('twitter','http://www.twitter.com/something','Social Media')
menu('facebook','http://www.facebook.com/something','Social Media')
menu('#contact-us');

console.log(menu()); //call menu() without arguments to print
/** Returns (indentation added by me):
<span class="menuItem"><a href="#home" title="Home">Home</a></span>
<span class="menuItem"><a href="#galleries" title="Galleries">Galleries</a></span>
<span class="menuItem"><a href="Social-Media" title="Social Media">Social Media</a>
	<span class="menuItem"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/something" title="twitter">twitter</a></span>
	<span class="menuItem"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/something" title="facebook">facebook</a></span>
</span>
<span class="menuItem"><a href="#contact-us" title="Contact Us">Contact Us</a></span>
**/

You can specify the markup:

var menu = m.createMenu('<div data-link="{{url}}">{{name}}{{nested}}</div>')

menu('my home')
menu('somewhere','/some-page.html')
menu('lalala')
menu('lilili','#lilili','lalala')

console.log(menu())
/** Returns
<div data-link="my-home">My Home</div>
<div data-link="/some-page.html">Somewhere</div>
<div data-link="lalala">Lalala
	<div data-link="#lilili">lilili</div>
</div>
**/