linkedin/dustjs
Dustjs
Dustjs is a JavaScript templating engine and asynchronous template renderer. It functions as an isomorphic HTML generator, producing consistent output across both client and server environments.
The system employs a logic-less template syntax to separate presentation from business logic, utilizing simple tags for iteration and conditional checks. It supports asynchronous data resolution, allowing the rendering process to pause and resume as external data sources respond.
The engine provides capabilities for dynamic HTML generation, server-side rendering, and client-side templating. It utilizes pre-compiled template functions and context-based variable lookup to resolve placeholders within hierarchical data objects.
Features
- Logic-less Template Engines - Ships a logic-less templating system that separates presentation from business logic using a restricted tag syntax.
- Asynchronous Content Rendering - Supports asynchronous content rendering that allows the UI to remain responsive while waiting for data resolution.
- Dynamic HTML Generators - Programmatically generates dynamic HTML content on both the client and server based on provided data.
- Asynchronous Template Rendering - Provides an asynchronous rendering engine that prevents blocking the main execution thread during template processing.
- Client-Side Template Rendering - Enables rendering of dynamic markup directly in the browser to update page content without a full refresh.
- Asynchronous Data Handling - Provides non-blocking data resolution that allows the rendering process to pause and resume as external data sources respond.
- Dynamic HTML Generators - Generates website pages by injecting runtime data into predefined templates across both client and server environments.
- HTML Templating Engines - Functions as a general-purpose JavaScript templating engine for generating dynamic HTML content.
- Isomorphic HTML Generators - Ensures consistent HTML output across both client and server environments using a shared set of template definitions.
- Server-Side Rendering - Generates full HTML pages on the server to improve initial page load times and search engine visibility.
- Template Compilation - Converts template strings into executable JavaScript functions at build time to optimize rendering performance.
- Context-Aware Variable Resolution - Implements a hierarchical lookup mechanism to resolve template placeholders based on the current data scope.
- Compiled Template Execution - Implements a high-performance rendering path by executing pre-compiled JavaScript functions that concatenate strings.
- Template Engines - Asynchronous templates for browser and Node.
- Templating Engines - Asynchronous templates for the browser and node.js.
