Recommended JavaScript HTML template library for JQuery? [closed]

Any suggestions on which HTML template library would go well with JQuery? Googling turns up quite a number of libraries but I'm not sure whether there is a well recognized library that would stand the test of time.

Solution 1:

Well, to be frank, client-side templating is very hot nowadays, but quite a jungle.

the most popular are, I believe:

• pure: It use only js, not his own "syntax"
• mustache: quite stable and nice I heard.
• jqote2: extremely fast according to jsperfs
• jquery templates (deprecated):

there are plenty others, but you have to test them to see what suits you, and your project style, best.

Personally, I have a hard time with adding a new syntax and set of logic (mixing logic and template, hello??), and went pure js. Every single one of my templates is stored in it's own html file (./usersTable.row.html). I use templates only when ajaxing content, and I have few "logic" js files, one for tables, one for div, one for lists. and not even one for select's options (where i use another method).

Each time I tried to do something more complex, I found out the code was less clear and taking me more time to stabilize than doing it the "old" way. Logic in the template is an utter non-sense in my opinion, and adding it's own syntax adds only very-hard-to-trace bugs.

Solution 2:

jTemplates

a template engine for JavaScript.

Plugin to jQuery...

Features:

• 100% in JavaScript
• precompilator
• Support JSON
• Work with Ajax
• Allow to use JavaScript code inside template
• Allow to build cascading templates
• Allow to define parameters in templates
• Live Refresh! - automatic update content from server...

Solution 3:

There is a reasonable discussion document on this topic here, which covers a range of templating tools. Not specific to jQuery, though.

Solution 4:

jQuery Templates Plugin created by Microsoft and accepted as an official jQuery plugin.

But note that it’s now deprecated.