PagePress - NodeJS Template Engine
page-press takes static html file, plugs whatever you want inside and sends it to the web browser.
Features:
- Lightweight & easy to use
- Caching support
- Localization support
- Works with express
QUICK START
Prepare the frontend index.html page:
<html>
<body>
<h1>greet-text</h1>
</body>
</html>
greet-text is a placeholder. It will be replaced by a value when the browser sees it.
Prepare the backend index.js file:
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
const pagePress = require('page-press')
app.use(pagePress)
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
let fileToServe = __dirname + '/index.html'
res.render(
fileToServe, // template file
{'greet-text':'Hello!'} // placeholder bindings
)
})
app.listen(80)
In res.render() we first specify the template file, and then a JSON object with the values we wish to bind to placeholders in index.html.
Do npm index.js and visit http://localhost from your web browser.
Adding multi-language support
Prepare your language file index.html.lang next to index.html:
{
"default":{
"greet-text":"Hello!",
"original text":"replacement text"
},
"sp":{
"greet-text":"Hola!"
},
"jp":{
"greet-text":"Konichiva!"
}
}
Pass your prefered language into the res.render():
res.render(
fileToServe, // template file
{}, // placeholder bindings
'sp' // language
)
PagePress will read the .lang file and fill the placeholder with the specified spanish value. If you do not specify the language in res.render(). Not specifying a language in res.ender() will make PagePress use default fields in the language file to fill html placeholders.
