basictemplate

Basic Template v0.1.8#

A basic template engine.

A main view and data. Optionally a subview. uses {variable} styles.

Setup

To set up Basic Template on your Node.js server use npm.

npm install basictemplate

Basic Usage

var basictemplate = require('basictemplate');
basictemplate.render('./view.bt', {hello: 'World'}, function(err, html)
{
    console.log(err);
    console.log(html);
});

If you include a subview.

var basictemplate = require('basictemplate');
basictemplate.render_sub('./view.bt', './subview.bt', {hello: 'World'}, function(err, html)
{
    console.log(err);
    console.log(html);
});

To display a subview within the view, use {{_SUBVIEW}}

{variable} = escaped to HTML entities

{{variable}} = unescaped

error:##

error is an object.

type: the type of error. If it's a file system error, type will be file, and then another variable called file will contain the filesystem error object, if you want to analyze it.

Used by:

MailKit - https://github.com/keverw/mailkit

If you're using Basic Template, let me know! @keverw