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/) - [JsRender](http://github.com/BorisMoore/jsrender) - [Kendo UI Templates](http://demos.kendoui.com/templates/index.html) - [Handlebars](http://www.handlebarsjs.com/) - [Resig Micro-Templating (modified)](http://ejohn.org/blog/javascript-micro-templating/) - [Underscore JS](http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/) - [Hogan](http://twitter.github.com/hogan.js/) - [doT.js](https://github.com/olado/doT) - [templayed.js](https://github.com/archan937/templayed.js) Same as 412 but excludes DOM node generation. 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="https://raw.github.com/documentcloud/underscore/master/underscore.js"></script> <script src="http://ajax.cdnjs.com/ajax/libs/mustache.js/0.3.0/mustache.min.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/2012.2.913/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script> <script src="http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/extras/coffee-script.js"></script> <script src="http://borismoore.github.com/jsrender/jsrender.js"></script> <script src="https://raw.github.com/twitter/hogan.js/master/lib/template.js"></script> <script src="https://raw.github.com/twitter/hogan.js/master/lib/compiler.js"></script> <script src="https://github.com/olado/doT/raw/master/doT.js"></script> <script src="https://github.com/archan937/templayed.js/raw/master/src/templayed.js"></script> <!--External Template Definitions--> <script type="text/x-kendo-template" id="kendoUIextTemplate"> <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> </script> <script> window.sharedVariables = { header: "Header", header2: "Header2", header3: "Header3", header4: "Header4", header5: "Header5", header6: "Header6", list: ['1000000000', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10'] }; //JsRender compiled template (no encoding) window.jsRenderTemplate = $.templates("<div><h1 class='header'>{{:header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{:header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{:header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{:header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{:header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{:header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{for list}}<li class='item'>{{:#data}}</li>{{/for}}</ul></div>"); window.mustacheTemplate = "<div><h1 class='header'>{{{header}}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{{header2}}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{{header3}}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{{header4}}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{{header5}}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{{header6}}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#list}}<li class='item'>{{{.}}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>"; window.handlebarsTemplate = Handlebars.compile("<div><h1 class='header'>{{header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#each list}}<li class='item'>{{this}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></div>"); window.kendouiTemplate = kendo.template("<div><h1 class='header'>#= data.header #</h1><h2 class='header2'>#= data.header2 #</h2><h3 class='header3'>#= data.header3 #</h3><h4 class='header4'>#= data.header4 #</h4><h5 class='header5'>#= data.header5 #</h5><h6 class='header6'>#= data.header6 #</h6><ul class='list'># for (var i = 0, l = data.list.length; i < l; i++) { #<li class='item'>#= data.list[i] #</li># } #</ul></div>", {useWithBlock:true}); window.kendouiTemplate2 = kendo.template("<div><h1 class='header'>#= data.header #</h1><h2 class='header2'>#= data.header2 #</h2><h3 class='header3'>#= data.header3 #</h3><h4 class='header4'>#= data.header4 #</h4><h5 class='header5'>#= data.header5 #</h5><h6 class='header6'>#= data.header6 #</h6><ul class='list'># for (var i = 0, l = data.list.length; i < l; i++) { #<li class='item'>#= data.list[i] #</li># } #</ul></div>", {useWithBlock:false}); //Use external template definition window.kendoUIAlt = kendo.template($("#kendoUIextTemplate").html()); window.kendoUIAlt2 = kendo.template($("#kendoUIextTemplate").html(), {useWithBlock:false}); 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.underscoreTemplateNoWith = _.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>", null, {variable: 'data'}); 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.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>"); //Resig Template Function (modified to support ') function tmpl(str) { var strFunc = "var p=[];" + "with(obj){p.push('" + str.replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ") .replace(/'(?=[^#]*#>)/g, "\t") .split("'").join("\\'") .split("\t").join("'") .replace(/<#=(.+?)#>/g, "',$1,'") .split("<#").join("');") .split("#>").join("p.push('") + "');}return p.join('');"; return new Function("obj", strFunc); } window.resig = tmpl("<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>"); //Resig modified template function (no "with" block) function tmpl2(str) { var strFunc = "var p=[];" + "p.push('" + str.replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ") .replace(/'(?=[^#]*#>)/g, "\t") .split("'").join("\\'") .split("\t").join("'") .replace(/<#=(.+?)#>/g, "',$1,'") .split("<#").join("');") .split("#>").join("p.push('") + "');return p.join('');"; return new Function("data", strFunc); } window.resig2 = tmpl2("<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.hoganTemplate = Hogan.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>"); window.templayedTemplate = templayed("<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>"); </script> <div id="template" style="display:none"></div> 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 doTtemplate(sharedVariables); Test 2 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code kendouiTemplate(sharedVariables); Test 3 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code kendouiTemplate2(sharedVariables); Test 4 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code handlebarsTemplate(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 resig(sharedVariables); Test 7 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code resig2(sharedVariables); Test 8 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code underscoreTemplateNoWith(sharedVariables); Test 9 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code hoganTemplate.render(sharedVariables); Test 10 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code jsRenderTemplate.render(sharedVariables); Test 11 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code Mustache.to_html(mustacheTemplate, sharedVariables); Test 12 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code templayedTemplate(sharedVariables);