Code Assembly Line

It's not a standard template engine

Engine works with templates, data and processes. All items are described in JSON compatible format, in a way to exchange resources via standard AJAX calls. Templates are logicless and are fully decoupled from the data. Partial rendering nature of this engine will give you an opportunity to balance rendering between server and client and you will be able to separate localization, design and data rendering processes. Choose a strategy on missing property values and have fine control on data during rendering process by using hook functions. In brief - Code-Assembly-Line.

Documentation Getting started

Installation

Code-Assembly-Line works for node.js and browsers.

Installation for Node.js based projects:

From the console:

 npm i -S code-assembly-line

It will install module in to the project. You can start using it by

 const CodeAssemblyLine = require ( 'code-assembly-line' );
 const tplEngine = new CodeAssemblyLine();   // Create instance of template engine

Installation for browsers

Just go to '/dist' folder and get copy of 'code-assembly-line.min.js'. Put the file inside your project folder and add a reference to it from HTML code by using this script tag:

 <script src="code-assembly-line.min.js"></script>

Library is avalable as 'CodeAssemblyLine' and start using it.

const tplEngine = new CodeAssemblyLine();

Find working example in file '/dist/index.html'.

Motivation Factors for creating the 'Code Assembly Line'

• Decouple render-processes from templates;
• Decouple templates from data;
• All components (templates, processes, and data) provisioning in a JSON compatible format;
• Built-in hooks for modifying render process if needed;
• Posible default value for missing data;
• Strategies on missing data: Hide a field, hide the record or provide alternative content;
• Chaining render-processes;
• Alternate template's placeholder names;
• Enrich data by render new data-fields;
• Partial rendering. Create new templates by render part of the available placeholders;
• Optional spaces;

Examples

Example name

Known bugs

(Nothing yet)

Release History

1.0.1 (2017-12-23)

• Process-step 'add' was switched on;
• Readme has link to documentation wiki;

1.0.0 (2017-12-17)

• Process-step 'add' is not active.
• Node.js module;
• Browser module;
• Test package;

Credits

'code-assembly-line' was created by Peter Naydenov.

License

'code-assembly-line' is released under the MIT License.