Re: Recommendation about templating engine library
On Thursday, 14 March 2024 at 14:23:36 UTC, Inkrementator wrote: Having used djinn, it is "mostly unmaintained" because it is feature complete. It addresses your criticisms while potentially introducing new problems. It is very simple and the documentation is complete (due to the simplicity). It is easy to get into, because it just allows you to insert D code into textfiles. So constructs like foreach are a given, no need for subcontexts. good point; I think for my use case makes sense to use it, will give a try. Thanks!
Re: Recommendation about templating engine library
On Monday, 11 March 2024 at 16:10:24 UTC, Andrea wrote:
just trying it out and kinda fits my needs; the main issues are
lack of documentation and the need to explicit loop on array
data structures in the code (using sub-contexts) instead of
having a "foreach" loop statement in the template itself; at
the end the template turns out to be cleaner but you need to
write some code to feed it the proper way.
Having used djinn, it is "mostly unmaintained" because it is
feature complete. It addresses your criticisms while potentially
introducing new problems.
It is very simple and the documentation is complete (due to the
simplicity). It is easy to get into, because it just allows you
to insert D code into textfiles. So constructs like foreach are a
given, no need for subcontexts.
this is what I came up as a quick hack:
https://gist.github.com/ilmanzo/3163cad4e2246f2553f1a90735e79e6b
In djinn, you wouldn't have to convert your struct to a dict
first to use it. Your template would look something like this
tests.d.dj
```
[: foreach(test; testcase){:]
// --- [= test.description ] ---
unittest {
[:foreach(case, test.cases){ :]
// Description: [= case.description ]
...
};
[: }} :]
```
Then you'd have a main.d file with:
```d
void main(){
// The template can use all your variables in the current
scope due to being mixed in
auto jsonString = stdin.byLineCopy.array.join;
auto json = parseJSON(jsonString);
string slug = json["exercise"].str;
auto tests = fromJSON!(TestSuite[])(json["cases"]);
auto output = stdout.lockingTextWriter(); // magic variable,
output range that the template will write to
mixin(translate!"tests.d.dj");
}
```
The boilerplate in your main function would be reduced, but the
disadvantage is that is doesn't place constraints on you like
mustache. If you insert place too much logic inside your
template, it might become hard to reason about.
Re: Recommendation about templating engine library
On Monday, 11 March 2024 at 15:50:28 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
I found mustache-d easy enough and good enough for my needs. I
haven't used it with a recent compiler, but it's hard to see
how it would need much maintenance.
just trying it out and kinda fits my needs; the main issues are
lack of documentation and the need to explicit loop on array data
structures in the code (using sub-contexts) instead of having a
"foreach" loop statement in the template itself; at the end the
template turns out to be cleaner but you need to write some code
to feed it the proper way.
On other fancier templating engines, It's handy to have a
`{{%foreach item ; list}}` keyword and iterate on `{{item}}`.
this is what I came up as a quick hack:
https://gist.github.com/ilmanzo/3163cad4e2246f2553f1a90735e79e6b
Re: Recommendation about templating engine library
On Monday, 11 March 2024 at 15:34:11 UTC, Andrea wrote: There is also diet : https://code.dlang.org/packages/diet-ng Is'nt `diet` specific for HTML / XML structured text ? right. Just mentioned Go library also mostly for HTML generation.
Re: Recommendation about templating engine library
On Monday, 11 March 2024 at 14:59:52 UTC, Ferhat Kurtulmuş wrote: You have already mentioned mustache-d. If it compiles with the recent compilers go for it. I used it some time a go for a similar task involving in d code gen. I found mustache-d easy enough and good enough for my needs. I haven't used it with a recent compiler, but it's hard to see how it would need much maintenance.
Re: Recommendation about templating engine library
On Monday, 11 March 2024 at 15:22:39 UTC, Sergey wrote: On Monday, 11 March 2024 at 14:26:01 UTC, Andrea wrote: Opinions ? Many thanks There is also diet : https://code.dlang.org/packages/diet-ng Is'nt `diet` specific for HTML / XML structured text ?
Re: Recommendation about templating engine library
On Monday, 11 March 2024 at 14:26:01 UTC, Andrea wrote: Opinions ? Many thanks There is also diet : https://code.dlang.org/packages/diet-ng
Re: Recommendation about templating engine library
On Monday, 11 March 2024 at 14:26:01 UTC, Andrea wrote: Hi folks, Working on a side project I have the need to generate text files (mainly D source code) via a templating system. My use case is to have some JSON data populated at runtime from an API and fill-in placeholders in the text with the ability of doing loops over arrays, simple conditions and so on, mostly what https://pkg.go.dev/text/template provides for Go. Any recommendation on a good library to use ? I tried https://code.dlang.org/packages/temple but I don't wand to bring in the whole vibe-d dependency ; other projects I found in DUB like `mustache-d`, `jax` or `djinn` seems mostly unmaintained. Opinions ? Many thanks You have already mentioned mustache-d. If it compiles with the recent compilers go for it. I used it some time a go for a similar task involving in d code gen.
Recommendation about templating engine library
Hi folks, Working on a side project I have the need to generate text files (mainly D source code) via a templating system. My use case is to have some JSON data populated at runtime from an API and fill-in placeholders in the text with the ability of doing loops over arrays, simple conditions and so on, mostly what https://pkg.go.dev/text/template provides for Go. Any recommendation on a good library to use ? I tried https://code.dlang.org/packages/temple but I don't wand to bring in the whole vibe-d dependency ; other projects I found in DUB like `mustache-d`, `jax` or `djinn` seems mostly unmaintained. Opinions ? Many thanks
