jsttojs
A node.js module for precompile JavaScript templates (ex. mustache or jQuery.tmpl) to one file.
You can to precompile some static mustache, hogan.js, jQuery.tmpl, underscore.js or any other templates and include them in generated javascript function that could be stitched and compressed in a single file.
And if you set the flag --watch, you can compile templates automatically!
Installation
$ npm install jsttojs -g
Usage
jsttojs allows templates to be precompiled and included in javascript code
Precompile JavaScript templates.
Usage: jsttojs <input> <output> [options]
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-V, --version output the version number
-e, --ext <n> extension for templates, default "jst"
-n, --name <n> name variable stores temapltes, default "JSTmpl"
-w, --watch watch files and automatic compile output file
-r, --removebreak remove line breaks
-a, --amd wrap templates in AMD module
-o, --onlyname use as a key only file name, without directory
Examples:
$ jsttojs templates compiled/templates/index.js --ext mustache --watch
Use with grunt
Use it with grunt, install grunt-jsttojs and add this line to your project's Gruntfile:
grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-jsttojs');
Samples
Templates:
// tamplates/index.jst
Hello world {{ username }}
second line
// tamplates/video/index.jst
Hello {{ username }} on index video page
Run precompile templates
$ jsttojs templates compiled/templates/index.js --name MyGlobalVariable
Output:
// compiled/templates/index.js
window.MyGlobalVariable = {
"index" : "Hello world {{ username }}\nsecond line",
"video/index" : "Hello {{ username }} on index video page"
}
License
Copyright (c) 2012 Alexey Kupriyanenko a.kupriyanenko@gmail.com
jsttojs is released under the MIT license.