TopRope
A handlebars template compiler for directories using hogan.js, and renderer for express.
Install
npm install toprope
Usage
TopRope is meant to be used in conjunction with express to render your compiled templates to a view in an isolated script tag.
In your node.js express app
express = require "express"
topRope = require "toprope"
myApp = express()
topRope process.cwd() + "/public/templates", (err, scriptTag) ->
app.listen 3000, (err) ->
console.log "Listening on 3000, Ctrl-C to exit"
This will compile all the templates in your /public/templates directory.
In your view (jade templates example)
<script src="http://twitter.github.com/hogan.js/builds/2.0.0/hogan-2.0.0.js"></script>
!= templates()
This will output a <script>
tag containing the APPLICATION_TEMPLATES
variable with your templates.
Rendering your template
var hoganed = new Hogan.Template(APPLICATION_TEMPLATES["someTemplate.hbs"]),
html = hoganed.render({ data: "something" });
First we have to 'Hoganize' the template then call render on it.
License
Created by Jacob Gable. Licensed under the MIT License; no attribution required.