Jade Client Middleware

Middleware for express/connect to expose jade templates to the web browser. It provides a few additional features like express-like render function with partial handling.

var express = require('express')
  , jade_client_middleware = require('jade-client-middleware')
  , app = express.createServer();
  
app.use(jade_client_middleware(url_endpoint, template_dir, options));

or for Express.js v3.x:

var express = require('express')
  , jade_client_middleware = require('jade-client-middleware')
  , app = express();
  
app.use(jade_client_middleware(url_endpoint, template_dir, options));

Installation

$ npm install jade-client-middleware

Features

Jade templates are served as compiled functions.
- removes browser compatibility issues
- increases speed of template execution
- reduces file transfer size
ability to minify output
option to attach cache control
provides helpers for handling rendering/partials just like express.
relative path handling even from within partials.
ability to completely namespace to avoid any naming collisions on the browser.
partials inherit parent locals

Usage

In Node.js

jade-client-middleware is simple to use.

var express = require('express')
  , jade_client_middleware = require('jade-client-middleware')
  , app = express.createServer();
 
app.use(jade_client_middleware('/js/templates.js', '**', options));

Params

filename The filename of the resulting compiled templates file
patterns A single string or array of patterns used to glob for template files
options Options object, see below (optional)

Options

root The root of the views (default: __dirname)
minify Minifies the output (default: false)
maxAge Time in seconds to cache the results (default: 86400)
noCache Recompiles the output on every request (default: false)

Browser

jade.render('path/to/template', { values: for_template });

For direct access (for templates that have no need for partials).

Note: With render '.jade' extension is not required.

Credits

This project is largely based off of jade-browser with parts taken from clientjade. This project differs from jade-browser in that it works against the latest version of jade which has much better support for client compilation.

Running Tests

In order to run the tests which are in test folder, you will need:

Node.js
NPM

With those installed, running npm install and ''npm test'' will run the tests.

License

(The MIT License)

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