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) 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://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> <!--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 src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2012.1.322/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script> <script> function createDOMIfNecessary(result) { var toAppend; if (typeof result == "string") { var node = document.createElement("node"); node.innerHTML = result; toAppend = node.firstChild; } else toAppend = result; jQuery(document.getElementById("placeholder")).empty().append(toAppend); } /*! (C) WebReflection *//** @license work in progress */ this.hadouken=function(){function m(a,b){for(var d=a.childNodes,c,e=0;e<d.length;e++)switch(c=d[e],c.nodeType){case 1:for(var k=c,l=b,g=k.attributes,j=void 0,h=void 0,f=0;f<g.length;f++)for(j=g.item(f);h=n.exec(j.nodeValue);)l[h[1]]=p(k,".attributes.item("+f+")"),j.nodeValue="";m(c,b);break;case 3:k=a;l=b;g=c.nodeValue;j=0;for(f=h=void 0;f=n.exec(g);)k.insertBefore(document.createTextNode(g.slice(j,j+f.index)),c),k.insertBefore(h=document.createTextNode(""),c),l[f[1]]=p(h),c.nodeValue=g.slice(j=f.index+ f[0].length)}}function q(a){a=a.childNodes;for(var b=0;b<a.length;b++)if(1==a[b].nodeType)return a[b]}function p(a,b){for(var d=[];a.parentNode;)d.push("childNodes["+r.call(a.parentNode.childNodes,a)+"]"),a=a.parentNode;return Function("root","return root."+d.reverse().join(".")+(b||""))}function s(a){var b=this.map,d,c,e;for(d in a)if(c=a[d],e=b[d],"object"==typeof c&&c){var k=b,l=d;e=e.parentNode;for(var g=e.parentNode,j=0,h=void 0,f=void 0;h=g.firstChild;)g.removeChild(h);for(h=document.createDocumentFragment();j< c.length;)h.appendChild(f=e.cloneNode(!0)).firstChild.nodeValue=c[j++];g.appendChild(h);e=(f||g.appendChild(e)).firstChild;k[l]=e}else e.nodeValue=c;return this}var n=/\{\{([^}]+?)\}\}/g,r=[].indexOf||function(a){for(var b=this.length;b--&&this[b]!==a;);return b};return function(a){function b(){this.root=d.cloneNode(!0);this.map={};for(a in c)this.map[a]=c[a](this.root)}var d=document.createElement("div"),c={};d.innerHTML=a;m(d=d.removeChild(q(d)),c);b.prototype.update=s;return b}}(); 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'] }; // hadouken window.HadoukenTemplate = hadouken("<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}}</li></ul></div>"); window.hadoukenInstance = new HadoukenTemplate; //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.jQCloneTemplate = function(variables) { var template = jQuery(document.getElementById("jqtemplate_main")).clone(); for (var key in variables) { if (variables.hasOwnProperty(key)) { if (!jQuery.isArray(variables[key])) { template.find("." + key).text(variables[key]); } else { var item_template = jQuery(document.getElementById("jqtemplate_list_item")), target = template.find("." + key), variable = variables[key]; for (var i = 0; i < variable.length; i++) { item_template.clone().text(variable[i]).appendTo(target); } } } } return template; }; </script> <div id="template" style="display:none"> <div id="jqtemplate_main"> <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'> </ul> </div> <li id="jqtemplate_list_item" class='item'> </li> </div> <div id="placeholder"> </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 createDOMIfNecessary(doTtemplate(sharedVariables)); Test 2 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code createDOMIfNecessary(kendouiTemplate(sharedVariables)); Test 3 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code createDOMIfNecessary(kendouiTemplate2(sharedVariables)); Test 4 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code createDOMIfNecessary(handlebarsTemplate(sharedVariables)); Test 5 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code createDOMIfNecessary(underscoreTemplate(sharedVariables)); Test 6 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code createDOMIfNecessary(resig(sharedVariables)); Test 7 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code createDOMIfNecessary(resig2(sharedVariables)); Test 8 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code createDOMIfNecessary(underscoreTemplateNoWith(sharedVariables)); Test 9 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code createDOMIfNecessary(hoganTemplate.render(sharedVariables)); Test 10 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code createDOMIfNecessary(jsRenderTemplate.render(sharedVariables)); Test 11 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code createDOMIfNecessary(Mustache.to_html(mustacheTemplate, sharedVariables)); Test 12 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code createDOMIfNecessary((new HadoukenTemplate).update(sharedVariables)); Test 13 Title Async (check if this is an asynchronous test) Code createDOMIfNecessary(jQCloneTemplate(sharedVariables));