Brackets Template Engine

Brackets Template Engine: Lightweight Node.js Template Engines

An open-source template engine for generating HTML markup with JavaScript, offering good performance and a small file size.

What is Brackets Template Engine?

Brackets Template Engine is an open-source, lightweight template engine for Node.js and the browser. It was created by James Smith in 2015 as a simple alternative to larger template engines like Handlebars and Pug.

Brackets allows developers to generate HTML markup with JavaScript by using a simple templating syntax that replaces variables and includes logical statements within the curly brackets. For example:

{{ name }} is {{age}} years old.

It compiles templates into pure JavaScript functions instead of HTML strings. This avoids overhead from generating HTML strings and provides better performance.

Some key features of Brackets include:

• Lightweight at only 2KB minified and gzipped
• Good performance and speed
• Intuitive, easy-to-read syntax
• Support for conditionals and iterations
• Escape HTML by default to prevent XSS issues

Brackets is commonly used for rendering templates on the server-side in Node.js web applications. However, it also works well for client-side templating in the browser. The simple syntax and small file size makes it a good choice for apps where performance and file size are critical.

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