grunt-hogan-static

compile static templates using hogan.js

Getting Started

This plugin requires Grunt ~0.4.1

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-hogan-static --save-dev

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

grunt.loadNpmTasks('grunt-hogan-static');

The "hogan_static" task

Overview

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

grunt.initConfig({
    hogan_static: {
        target: {
            options: {
                data: {
                    items: ["a", "b", "c"],
                    title: 'title test',
                    body: 'body test'
                },
                usePartials: false
            },
            files: {
                'tmp/': ['test/fixtures/simple.html','test/fixtures/array.html'],
            },
        }
    }
});

Options

options.data

Type: Object or String Default value: undefined

JSON object data to pass to hogan for templating. If data is passed as a string (including grunt expansion) JSON will be read and stuffed into options.data. note that subsequent json will overwrite any existing keys

options.usePartials

Type: Boolean or String Default value: false

A Boolean that tells the task to cache discovered templates for use as partials. If the value is a string this is treated as a file path (including grunt expansion) to search for partials. In this use case it is assumed that files on the regular file path are NOT partials.

options.delimiters

Type: String Default value: '{{ }}'

A String value that can be used to override the default hogan.js mustache style delimiters.

a word of caution: this string is still subject to grunt templating so usage of <% %> is strongly discouraged

options.perFileData

Type: Boolean Default value: false

A Boolean that treats the data object as a hash that should be iterated over using the current filename minus its extension test.html => data[test] = {}. This allows for multiple templates to use different defined data in a single template pass.

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

• 0.3.0 - added support for 'keyed' data object to allow for per file rendering
• 0.2.0 - reverted support for output extensions in favor of using grunt's native support
• 0.1.6 - added support for delimiters and lambda exceptions in partials (thanks SethTippetts)
• 0.1.2 - fixed some issues with output paths. added external JSON support for data. added separate partial dir support.