The simplest Lua HTML template engine in just a few lines of code
luarocks install template
Templates can be compiled by either running
templatec template.tpl -o template.lua
nor by passing a string to template.compile.
In short, Lua expressions must be included between percent signs and Lua statements must be placed beetween question marks.
<a href="page-<%page + 2%>"><%next%></a><body><%= content%></body><ul>
<? for i = 1, 3 do ?>
<li>item #<%i%></li>
<? end ?>
</ul><? if 1 > 2 then ?>
Impossible!
<? else ?>
That's right!
<? end ?>Templates are compiled to a general Lua file and hence can be loaded by require statement:
<html>
<script><%= require "scripts" %></script>
<style><%= require "styles" %></style>
</html>template.print takes three arguments: template function, a table with variables passed to the template and optionally a callback function, which handles string printing (print is used by default).
template.compile has an optional minify argument and templatec has -m option.