Embedded CoffeeScript templates for server-side and client-side rendering, similar to EJS and ERB.
Eco is a templating engine that embeds CoffeeScript logic directly into HTML markup, similar to EJS or ERB. It allows developers to generate dynamic content by mixing CoffeeScript code with template tags, supporting both server-side rendering in Node.js and client-side rendering after compilation to JavaScript. It solves the problem of creating expressive, logic-driven templates while maintaining clean syntax.
Developers building web applications with Node.js who prefer CoffeeScript and need a templating solution for server-side or client-side rendering. It's ideal for those who want a lightweight, CoffeeScript-native alternative to EJS or ERB.
Eco offers a seamless integration of CoffeeScript into templates, providing a more concise and readable syntax compared to JavaScript-based alternatives. Its support for both server and client rendering, along with features like HTML escaping and block capturing, makes it a versatile choice for CoffeeScript enthusiasts.
Embedded CoffeeScript templates
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Allows embedding CoffeeScript logic directly in templates with <% %> tags, providing a clean and expressive way to write conditional and loop logic, as illustrated in the README examples.
Supports server-side rendering in Node.js and can be compiled to JavaScript for client-side use, enabling both static and dynamic content generation from the same templates.
Uses a context object accessible via 'this' or '@', making it easy to pass data and call helper methods, with examples showing helper functions for translation and markup generation.
Provides automatic HTML escaping with <%= %>, optional unescaping with <%- %>, and custom escape helpers, ensuring security and flexibility in output formatting.
Tightly coupled to CoffeeScript, which has seen declining adoption, reducing its relevance and support in the broader JavaScript ecosystem compared to ES6+ or TypeScript.
Rendering is synchronous, as stated in the README, requiring all data to be pre-fetched before template rendering, which can be limiting for async-heavy modern web applications.
Requires careful management of CoffeeScript's whitespace sensitivity with special tags like <% end %> and colon suffixes, adding unnecessary complexity and potential for errors.
eco is an open-source alternative to the following products: