Ren

Declarative, streaming HTML renderer.

API

var ren = new (require('ren'))(options); // More about options below
var data = {
  template: 'views/page.hbs',
  data: {
    '#navbar': {
      template: 'views/partials/navbar.hbs',
      data: {
        links: {
          foobar: '/foobar',
          bar: '/baz/foorad'
        }
      }
    },
    '#contents': {
      template: 'views/page_content.hbs',
      data: {
        title: 'this is my page',
        introduction: 'lorem ipsum dolor sit amet',
        aListOfStuff: ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'],
        // Prefix denotes a subview
        '#anotherTemplate': {
          template: 'views/foobar.hbs',
          data: {
            foobar: 'baz'
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
};
 
server.on('request', function (req, res) {
  ren.render(data).pipe(res);
});

How it works

• Analyses view hierarchy and creates a render queue.
• Each "parent" template gets it's child templates as dependencies set up
• Once each child view is rendered the parent is put on the render queue
• Rendered from leaf-nodes back to root node

Data altering

Before each view is rendered the willRender event is emitted with the RenderNode passed as data to the event listener. You can use this event to modify data or template in a node before it's actually rendered.

You can use this to inject additional data, transform it or whatever.

Options

• basePath, the base path used for view loading. Defaults to cwd.
• concurrent, number of views to concurrently render. Defaults to 2.
• prefix, change the prefix that denotes subvies. Defaults to #.
• defaultCompiler, set to extension of your default view format. You can then omit the extension in your template properties. Defaults to .hbs.
• disableCache, loads each view every time it is rendered. Useful during dev. Defaults to false.
• compilers, an object where the keys are extensions and the values are a function that compiles a template (ie. Handlebars.compile). REQUIRED.

License

MIT