grunt-jsmart

Compile Smarty Templates with jSmart

Read the jSmart Documentation here

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.5

If you haven't used Grunt before, be sure to check out the Getting Started guide, as it explains how to create a Gruntfile as well as install and use Grunt plugins. Once you're familiar with that process, you may install this plugin with this command:

npm install grunt-jsmart --save-dev

Once the plugin has been installed, it may be enabled inside your Gruntfile with this line of JavaScript:

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-jsmart');

The "jsmart" task

Overview

In your project's Gruntfile, add a section named jsmart to the data object passed into grunt.initConfig().

grunt.initConfig({
  jsmart: {
    options: {
      // Task-specific options go here.
    },
    your_target: {
      // Target-specific file lists and/or options go here.
    },
  },
});

Options

options.templatePath

Type: String Default value: undefined

A string value where you can define a Path in your Project where jSmart should load Templates for Inheritance.

options.data

Type: String|Object Default value: undefined

A value where you can pass your data as

1. Object
2. File
3. Directory

If you pass your data as JSON-File or Directory Containing JSON-Files, the first Level in Object-Hierarchy is the Name of the JSON-File (Underscores, Hyphens etc. are converted to camelCase!).

E.g. Your Filename is book-store.json with the content

{
   "greeting": "Hi, there are some JScript books you may find interesting:"
}

you must use it in your template like this:

<h1>{$bookStore.greeting}</h1>

Usage Examples

With Data as an Object

grunt.initConfig({
  jsmart: {
    options: {
      templatePath: 'src/partials',
      data: {
        greeting: 'Hi, there are some JScript books you may find interesting:'
      }
    },
    your_target: {
      files: {
        'dest/books.html': ['src/templates/books.tpl'],
      }
    }
  },
});

With Data as a Filename

grunt.initConfig({
  jsmart: {
    options: {
      templatePath: 'src/partials',
      data: 'src/data/books.json'
    },
    your_target: {
      files: {
        'dest/books.html': ['src/templates/books.tpl'],
      }
    }
  },
});

With Data as a Directory

grunt.initConfig({
  jsmart: {
    options: {
      templatePath: 'src/partials',
      data: 'src/data/'
    },
    your_target: {
      files: {
        'dest/books.html': ['src/templates/books.tpl'],
      }
    }
  },
});

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code using Grunt.

Release History

• 0.2.1 Issue #6, use original jsmart again
• 0.2.0 Issue #5, use new jSmart Syntax
• 0.1.2 Issue #2, fix Punctuation
• 0.1.1 Issue #1, fix Examples in Readme
• 0.1.0 Initial Version