cjade

A simple request handler for express which compiles jade templates and makes them avilable for client side use.

Requirements

• Express.js
• jQuery

Features

• If a cache directory is specified templates will be compiled and cached
• Ugilfy will be run on compiled templates
• Proper HTTP caching will occur of templates

Usage

NodeJS

    var cjade = require('cjade')
    ...
    // templates - where to find the template files
    // c_templates - where to cache compiled templates to
    app.use(cjade("templates","c_templates"))

Browser

    <script src="jquery.js">
    <script src="/cjade/cjade.js">
 
    ..
 
        /**
            Basic utilty function to load the specified client side template
        */
    cjade("test.jade.js",function(err,template){
      $("#output").append(template({ a:1, b:2 }))
    });
        
 
        /**
            cjade.defaults can be used to set default values for the options specified below
            
            There is no need to specify any defaults by default :P cjade will use it's own busy image, functions, etc 
        */
        cjade.defaults({
            busyImage:"/images/busy.gif"
        });
 
        /**
            cjade.load is a utility function which:
                - provides a busy image functionality to be displayed while the template is loaded and business logic is executed
                - provides default error handling
 
            @param {string} selector 
                jQuery selector
            @param {string} template to load
                this template will be loaded and eventually rendered into the specified selector
            @param {object} options 
                optional arguments
                @param {string} busyImage	
                    an image to be loaded while waiting for the utility function to finish
                @param {function} render(element,templateFunc,err,templateData)
                    this function is called when the render function defined below is called to populate the templateData using the templateFunc into the specified jQuery element
                @param {function} busy(element,options)
                    this function is called with the specified element prior to fetching the template and executing business logic
                @param {function} error(element,options,err)
                    this function is called when an error occurs
            @param {function} onComplete(err,next)
                this function should contain business logic and is called after the template is loaded
                @param {string} err 
                    an error message
                @param {object} next 
                    an object which can be used to either render the template or specify an error
                    @param {function} render(templateData)
                        calling this function will render the template into the specified jQuery selector utilizing the templateData
                    @param {function} error(err) 
                        calling this function will call the error function specified in the options
        */
        cjade.load("#userView","userView.jade.js", function(err,next){
            if(!err){
                UserService.load({ id: user.id},function(err,user){
                    if(err){
                        next.error(err);
                    } else next.render(user);
                });	
            } else {
                return next.error(err);
            }
        });
    
        

See examples/test.js for more examples

License

(The MIT License)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 'Software'), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

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