Spectrum.js is a JavaScript template language targetted at both the server (e.g. node.js) and the client-side.

It has a lightweight syntax, using embedded JavaScript for logic rather than inventing yet another language to learn. This "logic-ful" template approach ensures that all of you view logic can live within your views, in contrast to the some recent "logic-less" template" systems.

It also borrows heavilly from Mason to achieve high levels of reuse within your templates.

Installing

Npm is recommended for development, although for production you might want to find/build a package for your operating system:

npm install spectrum

A Basic Example

Create a views/index.spv file within a node.js project, containing the following:

<~inherit none />

one plus one is <%= 1 + 1 %>

This template can be rendered with the following code. Adjust the file paths as appropriate.

var Spectrum = require('spectrum');

var view = new Spectrum.Renderer(__dirname + '/../views');

view.render('/index.spv', {}).then(function (output) {
    // rendered content is available in the output variable
});

This example assumes that the file you invoke it from is in a directory that is a sibling of the views directory.

You can use Spectrum with Micro.