Jaml: Haml in Javascript

by mcantelon • 17 years ago

42 14 17 years ago

jaml + node.js + couchdb could make for an interesting web framework.

aconbere• 17 years ago

I don't know if I'm the only one who finds this pattern of acting on the string representation of the function as being a bit distressing.

One the one hand it's a bit like using macros, on the other, there's clearly no first class support for it in the language, and the possibilities for breaking things horribly when your best tools are regexen seems high.

jeremyw• 17 years ago

You're not the only one. This is an html builder library for Javascript, with very little to do with Haml.

judofyr• 17 years ago

Haml? Looks more like Markaby-inspired to me.

EvilTrout• 17 years ago

Agreed. It's based on nested method calls as opposed to a tab-indented markup language. It's not really appropriate to call it Haml in Javascript at all.

epe• 17 years ago

Why "cls" instead of "className"?

ionfish• 17 years ago

All programmers go through a phase of employing excessive brevity.

redact207• 17 years ago

i've used jTemplates (jquery plugin: http://jtemplates.tpython.com/) which is far easier to maintain, as it's much closer to html templating than this

AndrewO• 17 years ago

The fact that templates are functions that use actual parameters (rather than backdoor means like instance variables) looks to be a huge win for me.

Raphael• 17 years ago

AppJet had this, except the tag functions were all caps.

fixie• 17 years ago

There is also baconl http://github.com/cohitre/baconl

ed• 17 years ago

Nice! Looks like DOMPlate, Firebug's internal template system.

http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firebug-tutorial/extendin...

dasil0032• 17 years ago

Dan Webb invented this in 2006, it's called Low Pro:

http://www.danwebb.net/2006/9/3/low-pro-unobtrusive-scriptin...

dasil0032• 17 years ago

Dear driveby downvoter: did you even look at the syntax for Low Pro? It's exactly the same except it uses a $ so as not to pollute the primary namespace.

Jaml: Haml in Javascript

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