Templating Engine
What is Templating Engine?
| Aspect | Details |
| Purpose | Render input data into output documents (like HTML) through a template. |
| Functionality | - Combine markup code (e.g., HTML) with programming constructs |
| - Insert variables, loops, conditionals, etc. into templates |
| - Visualize data in a target output format |
| Common Uses | - Web development (frontend and backend) |
| - Generate reports, documents, or formatted data |
| - Separate presentation from business logic |
| Benefits | - Simplify dynamic content creation |
| - Improve code organization and reusability |
| - Enable rapid web application development |
| Popular Templating Engines | Handlebars, EJS, Pug (formerly Jade), Mustache, Razor (for .NET) |
| Typical Features | - Variable substitution |
| - Loops, conditionals |
| - Include other templates/partials |
| - Data manipulation filters/helpers |
| Usage | - Integrated into web frameworks and servers |
| - Standalone in various programming environments |
Common Templating Engine Packages, ejs, hbs, pug
https://dev.to/m__mdy__m/javascript-templating-engines-pug-handlebars-hbs-and-ejs-jcd
| Templating Engine | Description | Complexity (lines of code) |
| Pug | Formerly Jade, Pug uses significant whitespace to replace brackets and semicolons. | 5,853 |
| Handlebars | Simplified Mustache templating language that includes many features like block helpers and partials. | 5,142 |
| EJS | Embedded JavaScript with both the compile and render function, making it simpler. | 1,120 |