Stache is mustache.js for your node express apps.
Getting this junk running is SUPER easy! check the deets below...
first...
npm install stache
Now, when you're configuring your express app, just add this little code in somewhere near the top:
app.set('view engine', 'mustache')
app.register(".mustache", require('stache'));
BOOOM! you're all set!
render your views with res.render...
app.get('/', function (req, res) {
res.render("index", {
locals: {
title: req.params.what
},
partials: {
heading: '<title>{{title}}</title>'
}
});
});
Notice you can pass local vars here as well as partials to your templates.
Stache supports layouts! swaggg! Which means you can have something like this:
<!-- layout.mustache -->
<html>
<head>
{{>scripts}}
</head>
<body>
{{{yield}}}
</body>
</html>
Note: yield is a special local var, which will be replaced automatically by the template you specified with res.render.
Looking at the example above, check out that partial reference for scripts!! If when calling your res.render method you don't explicitly specify a script partial, stache will automatically check your views directory for a script.mustache to load as a partial. Pretty boss huh?
No worries player, check the examples folder for a fully functional example.
major props to donpark (hbs), bitdrift, and obviously mustache.js