I'm experimenting with building an entire web application using Node.js. Is there a template engine similar to (for example) the Django template engine or the like that at least allows you to extend base templates?
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You should be able to use mustache.js, if it doesn't work send me the issues and I'll get it fixed because I'm about to be using them in node.js anyway.
http://github.com/janl/mustache.js
I know that it works without a DOM because a bunch of CouchDB standalone apps are using it in a Spidermonkey view server.
You should take a look at node-asyncEJS, which is explicitly designed to take the asynchronous nature of node.js into account. It even allows async code blocks inside of the template.
Here an example form the documentation:
<html>
<head>
<% ctx.hello = "World"; %>
<title><%= "Hello " + ctx.hello %></title>
</head>
<body>
<h1><%? setTimeout(function () { res.print("Async Header"); res.finish(); }, 2000) %></h1>
<p><%? setTimeout(function () { res.print("Body"); res.finish(); }, 1000) %></p>
</body>
</html>
I have done some work on a pretty complete port of the Django template language for Simon Willisons djangode project (Utilities functions for node.js that borrow some useful concepts from Django).
See the documentation here.
There is a port of the Django templating engine to JavaScript. However, its not been updated for a long time but it may still have enough features.
Here's a good evaluation of several engines http://engineering.linkedin.com/frontend/client-side-templating-throwdown-mustache-handlebars-dustjs-and-more
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