// Simple JavaScript Templating // John Resig - http://ejohn.org/ - MIT Licensed (function(){ var cache = {}; this.tmpl = function tmpl(str, data){ // Figure out if we're getting a template, or if we need to // load the template - and be sure to cache the result. var fn = !/W/.test(str) ? cache[str] = cache[str] || tmpl(document.getElementById(str).innerHTML) : // Generate a reusable function that will serve as a template // generator (and which will be cached). new Function("obj", "var p=[],print=function(){p.push.apply(p,arguments);};" + // Introduce the data as local variables using with(){} "with(obj){p.push('" + // Convert the template into pure JavaScript str .replace(/[ ]/g, " ") .split("<%").join(" ") .replace(/((^|%>)[^ ]*)'/g, "$1 ") .replace(/ =(.*?)%>/g, "',$1,'") .split(" ").join("');") .split("%>").join("p.push('") .split(" ").join("\'") + "');}return p.join('');"); // Provide some basic currying to the user return data ? fn( data ) : fn; }; })();
<script type="text/html" id="user_tmpl"> <% for ( var i = 0; i < users.length; i++ ) { %> <li><a href="<%=users[i].url%>"><%=users[i].name%></a></li> <% } %> </script>
var results = document.getElementById("results"); results.innerHTML = tmpl("item_tmpl", dataObject);