Question

Update I want to avoid compiling the templates client-side, and have them compile during my local ant build process. Perhaps something like loading jQuery and jQuery templates into rhino, passing the $.template() function the contents of each .jst file in turn, and building a “templates.js” which should contain:

$.template['model-view'] = resultingFunction.toString();
// 1 for each .jst file

This way, I can maintain each template in a seperate file, and avoid having all clients redundantly compile the same template.

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I’m using jQuery templates, and was hoping to separate them out into their own files (eg. model-view.jst) that are compiled into functions when the project is built and made available in the jQuery .tmpl() scope for later use.

For example, given the file model-view.jst

<li>${name}</li>

This file and all other .jst files should be picked up on build, compiled into a function that can later be used anywhere in the program like so:

$.tmpl('model-view', {
    name: 'Matt'
});

Answer 1

I solved this problem using Node.js and coffeescript by making directory of partial templated into executable, pre-compiled functions. Hope this helps.

https://github.com/wookiehangover/jquery-tmpl-jst