For a complete integration with Django templates I found this: Yz-Javascript-Django-Template-Compiler. I never used it myself and unfortunately it looks a bit unmaintained. Swig is a fast JS django-like templating engine. Pure is a compiled JS templating tool that, with a bit of thinking, could work well with Django I think because templates are just … Read more
UPD: do it only if you really need it (4 years and 2 isomorphic enterprise apps later) If you’re required to do SSR, fine. If you can go with a simple SPA – go with it. Why so? SPAs are easier to develop, easier to debug and cheaper and easier to run. The development and … Read more
It doesn’t do so automatically, but using the helpers feature this can be achieved: JS: Handlebars.registerHelper(‘breaklines’, function(text) { text = Handlebars.Utils.escapeExpression(text); text = text.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm, ‘<br>’); return new Handlebars.SafeString(text); }); HTML template: <div> {{breaklines description}} </div>
You’ve pretty much nailed it, however Mustache templates can also be compiled. Mustache is missing helpers and the more advanced blocks because it strives to be logicless. Handlebars’ custom helpers can be very useful, but often end up introducing logic into your templates. Mustache has many different compilers (JavaScript, Ruby, Python, C, etc.). Handlebars began … Read more