Editing JavaScript template language shootoff This edit will create a new revision. Your details (optional) Name Email (won’t be displayed; might be used for Gravatar) URL Test case details Title * Published (uncheck if you want to fiddle around before making the page public) Description (in case you feel further explanation is needed)(Markdown syntax is allowed) A limited comparison of some popular JavaScript templating engines on a short template: ***6 header tags, and 10 list items***. Compared templating engines: - [Mustache](http://mustache.github.com/) - [jQuery Templates](http://api.jquery.com/category/plugins/templates/) - [Kendo UI Templates](http://demos.kendoui.com/templates/index.html) - [Underscore JS](http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/) - [Handlebar](http://www.handlebarsjs.com/) - [jQote2](http://aefxx.com/api/jqote2-reference/) - [Resig Micro-Templating with string concat](https://gist.github.com/1027147/4152d5b1ee6bb2e2c225f81ef9f0fdc1acf9f590) - [doT.js](http://github.com/olado/doT/) *Note: When adding a new test, please ensure that your test returns the same HTML string (or equivalent DOM fragment) as the others.* Are you a spammer? (just answer the question) Preparation code Preparation code HTML (this will be inserted in the <body> of a valid HTML5 document in standards mode) (useful when testing DOM operations or including libraries) <script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/underscore.js"></script> <script src="http://github.com/janl/mustache.js/raw/master/mustache.js"></script> <script src="https://github.com/downloads/wycats/handlebars.js/handlebars.1.0.0.beta.3.js"></script> <script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.2.804/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script> <script src="http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/extras/coffee-script.js"></script> <script src="http://github.com/jquery/jquery-tmpl/raw/master/jquery.tmpl.min.js"></script> <script src="https://raw.github.com/aefxx/jQote2/master/jquery.jqote2.min.js"> </script> <script src="https://github.com/olado/doT/raw/master/doT.js"></script> <script src="http://gist.github.com/raw/860240/cd98cacbdeee7eb2cfb2ca3ca76638dae2a5b1af/micro3.js"></script> <!--External Template Definitions--> <script type="text/x-kendo-template" id="kendoUIextTemplate"> <div> <h1 class='header'><#= header #></h1> <h2 class='header2'><#= header2 #></h2> <h3 class='header3'><#= header3 #></h3> <h4 class='header4'><#= header4 #></h4> <h5 class='header5'><#= header5 #></h5> <h6 class='header6'><#= header6 #></h6> <ul class='list'> <# for (var i = 0, l = list.length; i < l; i++) { #> <li class='item'><#= list[i] #></li> <# } #> </ul> </div> </script> <script type="text/x-jqote-template" id="jqote2Template"> <div> <h1 class='header'><%= this.header %></h1> <h2 class='header2'><%= this.header2 %></h2> <h3 class='header3'><%= this.header3 %></h3> <h4 class='header4'><%= this.header4 %></h4> <h5 class='header5'><%= this.header5 %></h5> <h6 class='header6'><%= this.header6 %></h6> <ul class='list'> <% for (var i = 0, l = this.list.length; i < l; i++) { %> <li class='item'><%= this.list[i] %></li> <% } %> </ul> </div> </script> <script type="text/x-jqote-template" id="jqote2TemplateMain"> <div> <h1 class='header'><%= this.header %></h1> <h2 class='header2'><%= this.header2 %></h2> <h3 class='header3'><%= this.header3 %></h3> <h4 class='header4'><%= this.header4 %></h4> <h5 class='header5'><%= this.header5 %></h5> <h6 class='header6'><%= this.header6 %></h6> <ul class='list'> <%= $.jqote( jqote2TemplateSub, this.list ) %> </ul> </div> </script> <script type="text/x-jqote-template" id="jqote2TemplateSub"> <li class='item'><%= this[j] %></li> </script> <script type="text/x-dot-template" id="doTTemplateMain"> <div> <h1 class='header'>{{= it.header }}</h1> <h2 class='header2'>{{= it.header2 }}</h2> <h3 class='header3'>{{= it.header3 }}</h3> <h4 class='header4'>{{= it.header4 }}</h4> <h5 class='header5'>{{= it.header5 }}</h5> <h6 class='header6'>{{= it.header6 }}</h6> <ul class='list'> {{ for (var i = 0, l = it.list.length; i < l; i++) { }} {{#def.subTemplate}} {{ } }} </ul> </div> </script> <script type="text/x-dot-template" id="doTTemplateSub"> <li class='item'>{{=it.list[i]}}</li> </script> <script> window.sharedVariables = { header: "Header", header2: "Header2", header3: "Header3", header4: "Header4", header5: "Header5", header6: "Header6", list: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10'] }; window.jQueryTemplate = $.template(null, "<div><h1 class='header'>{{html header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{html header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{html header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{html header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{html header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{html header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{each list}}<li class='item'>{{html $value}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></div>"); window.mustacheTemplate = "<div><h1 class='header'>{{{header}}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{{header2}}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{{header3}}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{{header4}}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{{header5}}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{{header6}}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#list}}<li class='item'>{{{.}}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>"; window.handlebarsTemplate = Handlebars.compile("<div><h1 class='header'>{{header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#each list}}<li class='item'>{{this}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></div>"); window.kendouiTemplate = kendo.template("<div><h1 class='header'><#= data.header #></h1><h2 class='header2'><#= data.header2 #></h2><h3 class='header3'><#= data.header3 #></h3><h4 class='header4'><#= data.header4 #></h4><h5 class='header5'><#= data.header5 #></h5><h6 class='header6'><#= data.header6 #></h6><ul class='list'><# for (var i = 0, l = data.list.length; i < l; i++) { #><li class='item'><#= data.list[i] #></li><# } #></ul></div>", { useWithBlock: false}); //Use external template definition window.kendoUIAlt = kendo.template($("#kendoUIextTemplate").html()); window.underscoreTemplate = _.template("<div><h1 class='header'><%= header %></h1><h2 class='header2'><%= header2 %></h2><h3 class='header3'><%= header3 %></h3><h4 class='header4'><%= header4 %></h4><h5 class='header5'><%= header5 %></h5><h6 class='header6'><%= header6 %></h6><ul class='list'><% for (var i = 0, l = list.length; i < l; i++) { %><li class='item'><%= list[i] %></li><% } %></ul></div>"); window.baseHtml = "<div><h1 class='header'></h1><h2 class='header2'></h2><h3 class='header3'></h3><h4 class='header4'></h4><h5 class='header5'></h5><h6 class='header6'></h6><ul class='list'><li class='item'></li></ul></div>"; window.jqote2Template = $.jqotec( $('#jqote2Template') ); window.jqote2TemplateMain = $.jqotec( $('#jqote2TemplateMain') ); window.jqote2TemplateSub = $.jqotec( $('#jqote2TemplateSub') ); window.resigTemplate3 = tmpl3("<div><h1 class='header'><%= data.header %></h1><h2 class='header2'><%= data.header2 %></h2><h3 class='header3'><%= data.header3 %></h3><h4 class='header4'><%= data.header4 %></h4><h5 class='header5'><%= data.header5 %></h5><h6 class='header6'><%= data.header6 %></h6><ul class='list'><% for (var i = 0, l = data.list.length; i < l; i++) { %><li class='item'><%= data.list[i] %></li><% } %></ul></div>"); window.doTtemplate = doT.template("<div><h1 class='header'>{{= it.header }}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{= it.header2 }}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{= it.header3 }}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{= it.header4 }}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{= it.header5 }}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{= it.header6 }}</h6><ul class='list'>{{ for (var i = 0, l = it.list.length; i < l; i++) { }}<li class='item'>{{= it.list[i] }}</li>{{ } }}</ul></div>"); // doT with nested template var compileTimeDefs = { subTemplate: $("#doTTemplateSub").html() }; window.doTWithNestedTemplate = doT.template($("#doTTemplateMain").html(), undefined, compileTimeDefs); // doT with append setting set to false doT.templateSettings.append = false; window.doTtemplateAppendFalse = doT.template("<div><h1 class='header'>{{= it.header }}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{= it.header2 }}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{= it.header3 }}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{= it.header4 }}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{= it.header5 }}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{= it.header6 }}</h6><ul class='list'>{{ for (var i = 0, l = it.list.length; i < l; i++) { }}<li class='item'>{{= it.list[i] }}</li>{{ } }}</ul></div>"); </script> Include JavaScript libraries as follows: <script src="//cdn.ext/library.js"></script> Define setup for all tests (variables, functions, arrays or other objects that will be used in the tests) (runs before each clocked test loop, outside of the timed code region) (e.g. define local test variables, reset global variables, clear canvas, etc.) (see FAQ) Define teardown for all tests (runs after each clocked test loop, outside of the timed code region) (see FAQ) Code snippets to compare Test 1 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code Mustache.to_html(mustacheTemplate, sharedVariables); Test 2 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code jQueryTemplate($, { data: sharedVariables }).join(""); Test 3 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code kendouiTemplate(sharedVariables); Test 4 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code underscoreTemplate(sharedVariables); Test 5 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code handlebarsTemplate(sharedVariables); Test 6 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code kendoUIAlt(sharedVariables); Test 7 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code $.jqote(jqote2Template, sharedVariables); Test 8 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code $.jqote(jqote2TemplateMain, sharedVariables); Test 9 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code resigTemplate3(sharedVariables); Test 10 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code doTtemplate(sharedVariables); Test 11 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code doTWithNestedTemplate(sharedVariables); Test 12 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code doTtemplateAppendFalse(sharedVariables);