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Wraps HandlebarsJS to make it usable from .net.

Nuget

Chevron.IE

Has a dependency on the MsieJavaScriptEngine package.

Chevron.Jint.Merged

ILMerges the Jint assembly to avoid an extra dependency

Chevron.V8

Has a dependency on the ClearScript.V8 package.

Nancy.ViewEngines.Handlebars.IE

Has a dependency on the MsieJavaScriptEngine and Chevron.IE packages.

Nancy.ViewEngines.Handlebars.IE.Merged

ILMerges the MsieJavaScriptEngine and Chevron.IE assembly to avoid an any extra dependencies.

Nancy.ViewEngines.Handlebars.Jint

Has a dependency on the Jint and Chevron.Jint packages.

Nancy.ViewEngines.Handlebars.Jint.Merged

ILMerges the Jint and Chevron.Jint assembly to avoid an any extra dependencies.

Nancy.ViewEngines.Handlebars.V8

Has a dependency on the ClearScript.V8 and Chevron.V8 packages.

What Nuget to choose

IE or V8 or Jint

Performance

In my basic testing V8 was (in most cases) faster than IE. Note that this testing was done on the IE 10 engine and the IE 11 engine is rumored to have significant performance improvements. I have done no testing on Jint performance.

Consistency

When using the V8 or Jint engines you can control the specific version that is used. When using the IE engine the specific version of the engine can vary with windows updates.

Packaging and deployment

V8 is a native dll, to the nuget package needs to tweak your project file to manually copy it to the output directory. While this generally works it is is more moving pieces and not seamless when upgrading packages or when double hop references are used. IE and Jint are single .net dlls and are managed as such

Size

IE: 78KB
Jint: 233KB
V8: 5MB

Merged or Non-Merged IE/Jint

If you only want to render simple files then use the merged version. If you want full control over the JS engine (eg to load custom scripts) then use the non-merged version.

Usage

Rendering a template

Input

var source = @"<p>Hello, my name is {{name}}. I am from {{hometown}}. I have ' +
        '{{kids.length}} kids:</p>' +
        '<ul>{{#kids}}<li>{{name}} is {{age}}</li>{{/kids}}</ul>";

var context = new
{
    name = "Alan",
    hometown = "Somewhere, TX",
    kids = new[]
        {
            new
            {
                name = "Sally",
                age = "4"
            }
        }
};

using (var handleBars = new Handlebars())
{
    handleBars.RegisterTemplate("myTemplate", source);
    var result = handleBars.Transform("myTemplate", context);
}

Output

<p>Hello, my name is Alan. I am from Somewhere, TX. I have 1 kids:</p>
<ul>
	<li>Sally is 4</li>
</ul>

Register Helpers

Input

var source = "<ul>{{#posts}}<li>{{link_to}}</li>{{/posts}}</ul>";
var context = new
{
    posts = new[]
        {
            new
            {
                url = "/hello-world",
                body = "Hello World!"
            }
        }
};
using (var handleBars = new Handlebars())
{
    handleBars.RegisterHelper("link_to",
        @"function() {
return new Handlebars.SafeString(""<a href='"" + this.url + ""'>"" + this.body + ""</a>"");
}");
    handleBars.RegisterTemplate("myTemplate", source);
    var result = handleBars.Transform("myTemplate", context);
}

Output

<ul>
	<li>
		<a href='/hello-world'>Hello World!</a>
	</li>
</ul>

Register Partials

Input

var source = "<ul>{{#people}}<li>{{> link}}</li>{{/people}}</ul>";
var context = new
{
    people = new[]
        {
            new
            {
                name = "Alan",
                id = 1
            },
            new
            {
                name = "Yehuda",
                id = 2
            }
        }
};
using (var handleBars = new Handlebars())
{
    handleBars.RegisterPartial("link",@"<a href=""/people/{{id}}"">{{name}}</a>");
    handleBars.RegisterTemplate("myTemplate", source);
    var result = handleBars.Transform("myTemplate", context);
}

Output

<ul>
	<li><a href="/people/1">Alan</a></li>
	<li><a href="/people/2">Yehuda</a></li>
</ul>

HandlebarsJS

The binary ships with a resource merged version of HandlebarsJS. Also see the License.

Current merged version

The current version included in the library is v4.0.5. If you feel a newer version should be included at any point in time please raise an issue.

Running a custom version

If you want to run a custom version of HandlebaseJS simply place the custom handlebars.js in the current running directory and that file will be used instead of the merged version.

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<a href="http://thenounproject.com/term/mustache/19592/" target="_blank">Mustache</a> designed by <a href="http://thenounproject.com/Mattebrooks/" target="_blank">Matt Brooks</a> from The Noun Project