Eco-plus is Eco extension for Express
which adds include, parent and block tags. These special tags allow to split templates into several files in the same way Django or Liquid does it.
Example
layout.html
<html>
<head>
<% block "title" %>**Parent Title**<% endblock %>
</head>
<body>
<% block "main" %>Parent Content<% endblock %>
</body>
</html>
index.html
<% parent "layout" %>
<% block "title" %>Page Title<% endblock %>
<% block "main" %>
<% include "header" %>
Page Content
<% include "footer" %>
<% endblock %>
Installation
Add "eco-plus": ">=0.1.2" to package.json dependencies and run npm install:
{
...
"dependencies": {
...
"eco-plus": ">=0.1.2"
},
...
}
Express Integration
To integrate Eco-plus into express default render method should be overrided. Add these somewhere in express configuration section:
#
# Setting up and configuring eco-plus to render templates
# We also override default express/http render method
#
ecoplus = require 'eco-plus'
templates_path = "<path to application templates>"
app.templates = ecoplus.templates(templates_path)
res = require('http').ServerResponse.prototype
res.render = (name, context={}) ->
html = ecoplus.render(name, context, app.templates)
@send(html)
Support
You're welcome to submit any issues or feature requests.
License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2011 Alex Kravets a@alexkravets.com
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