Editing Dust Closur2e 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 brief comparison of some JavaScript templating engines on a short template: 6 header tags, and 10 list items. 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="http://github.com/pvande/Milk/raw/gh-pages/milk.js"> </script> <script src="http://terrainformatica.com/kite/kite.js"> </script> <script src="http://cloud.github.com/downloads/wycats/handlebars.js/handlebars-1.0.0.beta.6.js"> </script> <script src="http://gist.github.com/raw/550881/29bb186167079c0b33ab6e9d50d779f37860cfa4/micro.js"> </script> <script src="http://gist.github.com/raw/860205/8444586913ab249c619671b8f5054fc92dddf643/micro2.js"> </script> <script src="http://gist.github.com/raw/860240/cd98cacbdeee7eb2cfb2ca3ca76638dae2a5b1af/micro3.js"> </script> <script src="https://raw.github.com/visionmedia/jade/master/jade.min.js"> </script> <script src="http://github.com/creationix/haml-js/raw/master/lib/haml.js"> </script> <script src="http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/extras/coffee-script.js"> </script> <script src="http://sstephenson.github.com/eco/dist/eco.js"> </script> <script src="http://github.com/jquery/jquery-tmpl/raw/master/jquery.tmpl.min.js"> </script> <script src="http://github.com/olado/doT/raw/master/doT.js"> </script> <script src="http://github.com/olado/doT/raw/master/doU.js"> </script> <script src="http://github.com/aefxx/jQote2/raw/69b2053a13f5f180e696de9b3dba856a3c00678c/jquery.jqote2.js"> </script> <script src="http://embeddedjavascript.googlecode.com/files/ejs_0.9_alpha_1_production.js"> </script> <script src="http://github.com/pure/pure/raw/master/libs/pure.js"> </script> <div class="pure"> <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> <script src="http://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js/raw/master/json2.js"> </script> <script src="http://akdubya.github.com/dustjs/dist/dust-full-0.3.0.min.js"> </script> <script src="https://github.com/premasagar/tim/raw/master/tim.js"> </script> <script src="https://gist.github.com/raw/875670/d52752ead19a4eebc7237602438ae08a2541a5b5/tim-lite-cached-min.js"> </script> <script src="https://raw.github.com/hij1nx/weld/master/lib/weld.js"> </script> <div id="weld"> <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> <script src="https://raw.github.com/flatiron/plates/master/lib/plates.js"> </script> <script> 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>"; // note: exactly the same as the mustacheTemplate above. window.kiteTemplate = "<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.kiteCompiledTemplate = kite(kiteTemplate); // seems like others are testing compiled versions. 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.micro = "<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.micro2 = "<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.underscoreTemplate = _.template(micro); window.resigTemplate = tmpl(micro); window.resigTemplate2 = tmpl2(micro2); window.resigTemplate3 = tmpl3(micro2); 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'] }; // hack to get current version of jade to work. jade.attrs = jade.runtime.attrs; jade.escape = jade.runtime.escape; jade.rethrow = jade.runtime.rethrow; // end hack window.jadeTemplate = jade.compile("div\n h1.header!= self.header\n h2.header2!= self.header2\n h3.header3!= self.header3\n h4.header4!= self.header4\n h5.header5!= self.header5\n h6.header6!= self.header6\n ul.list\n - each item in self.list\n li.item!= item", { compileDebug: false, client: true, self: true}); window.hamlTemplate = Haml("%div\n %h1.header= header\n %h2.header2= header2\n %h3.header3= header3\n %h4.header4= header4\n %h5.header5= header5\n %h6.header6= header6\n %ul.list\n :each item in list\n %li.item= item"); window.ecoTemplate = eco("<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 item in @list: %><li class='item'><%- item %></li><% end %></ul></div>"); 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.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>"); window.doUtemplate = doU.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>"); window.jqote_tmpl = "<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 n = 0, l = this.list.length; n < l; n++) { %><li class='item'><%= this.list[n] %></li><% } %></ul></div>"; window.jqote2 = $.jqotec(jqote_tmpl); window.ejs = new EJS({ text: micro }); 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.pureTemplate = $p('div.pure').compile({ h1: 'header', h2: 'header2', h3: 'header3', h4: 'header4', h5: 'header5', h6: 'header6', li: { 'itm<-list': { '.': 'itm' } } }); window.hamlTemplate_2 = "%div\n %h1.header= v.header\n %h2.header2= v.header2\n %h3.header3= v.header3\n %h4.header4= v.header4\n %h5.header5= v.header5\n %h6.header6= v.header6\n %ul.list\n :each item in v.list\n %li.item= item"; window.hamlCompiled = Haml.compile(hamlTemplate_2); window.hamlOptimized = new Function('v', 'return '+Haml.optimize(hamlCompiled)); dust.loadSource(dust.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'>{#list}<li class='item'>{.}</li>{/list}</ul></div>", "dustTemplate")); window.timTemplate = "<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'>{{_content}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>"; window.timLiteTemplate = "<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'><li class='item'>{{list.0}}</li><li class='item'>{{list.1}}</li><li class='item'>{{list.2}}</li><li class='item'>{{list.3}}</li><li class='item'>{{list.4}}</li><li class='item'>{{list.5}}</li><li class='item'>{{list.6}}</li><li class='item'>{{list.7}}</li><li class='item'>{{list.8}}</li><li class='item'>{{list.9}}</li></ul></div>"; window.platesTemplate = "<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>" </script> <script src="http://closure-templates.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/javascript/soyutils.js"> </script> <script> // {namespace closureSoyTemplate} // // /** // * Says hello to the world. // * @param header // * @param header2 // * @param header3 // * @param header4 // * @param header5 // * @param header6 // * @param list // */ // {template .helloWorld} // <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'> // {foreach $l in $list} // <li class='item'>{$l}</li> // {/foreach} // </ul> // </div> // {/template} // The following was generated (and modified) by the above soy template. // java -jar SoyToJsSrcCompiler.jar --outputPathFormat out.js in.js.soy if (typeof closureSoyTemplate == 'undefined') { var closureSoyTemplate = {}; } window.soySB = new soy.StringBuilder(); closureSoyTemplate.helloWorld = function(opt_data, opt_sb) { var output = opt_sb || new soy.StringBuilder(); output.append('<div><h1 class=\'header\'>', soy.$$escapeHtml(opt_data.header), '</h1><h2 class=\'header2\'>', soy.$$escapeHtml(opt_data.header2), '</h2><h3 class=\'header3\'>', soy.$$escapeHtml(opt_data.header3), '</h3><h4 class=\'header4\'>', soy.$$escapeHtml(opt_data.header4), '</h4><h5 class=\'header5\'>', soy.$$escapeHtml(opt_data.header5), '</h5><h6 class=\'header6\'>', soy.$$escapeHtml(opt_data.header6), '</h6><ul class=\'list\'>'); var lList16 = opt_data.list; var lListLen16 = lList16.length; for (var lIndex16 = 0; lIndex16 < lListLen16; lIndex16++) { var lData16 = lList16[lIndex16]; output.append('<li class=\'item\'>', soy.$$escapeHtml(lData16), '</li>'); } output.append('</ul></div>'); if (!opt_sb) return output.toString(); }; // The following was compiled with --codeStyle concat closureSoyTemplate.helloWorldConcat = function(opt_data) { var output = '<div><h1 class=\'header\'>' + soy.$$escapeHtml(opt_data.header) + '</h1><h2 class=\'header2\'>' + soy.$$escapeHtml(opt_data.header2) + '</h2><h3 class=\'header3\'>' + soy.$$escapeHtml(opt_data.header3) + '</h3><h4 class=\'header4\'>' + soy.$$escapeHtml(opt_data.header4) + '</h4><h5 class=\'header5\'>' + soy.$$escapeHtml(opt_data.header5) + '</h5><h6 class=\'header6\'>' + soy.$$escapeHtml(opt_data.header6) + '</h6><ul class=\'list\'>'; var lList16 = opt_data.list; var lListLen16 = lList16.length; for (var lIndex16 = 0; lIndex16 < lListLen16; lIndex16++) { var lData16 = lList16[lIndex16]; output += '<li class=\'item\'>' + soy.$$escapeHtml(lData16) + '</li>'; } output += '</ul></div>'; return output; }; </script> <script src="http://twitter.github.com/hogan.js/1.0.0/hogan.js"> </script> <script> window.hoganPrecompiledTemplate = Hogan.compile(window.mustacheTemplate); </script> <script src="https://github.com/olado/doT/raw/master/doT.js"> </script> <script> 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>"); </script> <script> window.doTtemplate2 = 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 resigTemplate(sharedVariables); Test 3 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code hamlTemplate(sharedVariables); Test 4 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code jadeTemplate(sharedVariables); Test 5 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code underscoreTemplate(sharedVariables); Test 6 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code handlebarsTemplate(sharedVariables); Test 7 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code dust.render("dustTemplate", sharedVariables, function() {}); Test 8 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code closureSoyTemplate.helloWorld(sharedVariables); Test 9 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code closureSoyTemplate.helloWorldConcat(sharedVariables); Test 10 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code window.doTtemplate(sharedVariables); Test 11 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code window.doTtemplate2(sharedVariables); Test 12 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code window.hamlOptimized(sharedVariables);