Install
Full documentation is at jade-lang.com
Jade is a high performance template engine heavily influenced by Haml
and implemented with JavaScript for node and browsers. For bug reports,
feature requests and questions, open an issue.
For discussion join the chat room.
You can test drive Jade online here.
Installation
via npm:
$ npm install jade
Syntax
Jade is a clean, whitespace sensitive syntax for writing html. Here is a simple example:
doctype html
html(lang="en")
head
title= pageTitle
script(type='text/javascript').
if (foo) bar(1 + 5)
body
h1 Jade - node template engine
#container.col
if youAreUsingJade
p You are amazing
else
p Get on it!
p.
Jade is a terse and simple templating language with a
strong focus on performance and powerful features.
becomes
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<title>Jade</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
if (foo) bar(1 + 5)
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Jade - node template engine</h1>
<div id="container" class="col">
<p>You are amazing</p>
<p>Jade is a terse and simple templating language with a strong focus on performance and powerful features.</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>
The official jade tutorial is a great place to start. While that (and the syntax documentation) is being finished, you can view some of the old documentation here and here
API
For full API, see jade-lang.com/api
var jade = require('jade');
// compile
var fn = jade.compile('string of jade', options);
var html = fn(locals);
// render
var html = jade.render('string of jade', merge(options, locals));
// renderFile
var html = jade.renderFile('filename.jade', merge(options, locals));
Options
filenameUsed in exceptions, and required when using includescompileDebugWhenfalseno debug instrumentation is compiledprettyAdd pretty-indentation whitespace to output (false by default)
Browser Support
The latest version of jade can be download for the browser in standalone form from here. It only supports the very latest browsers though, and is a large file. It is recommended that you pre-compile your jade templates to JavaScript and then just use the runtime.js library on the client.
To compile a template for use on the client using the command line, do:
$ jade --client --no-debug filename.jade
which will produce filename.js containing the compiled template.
Command Line
After installing the latest version of node, install with:
$ npm install jade -g
and run with
$ jade --help
Additional Resources
Tutorials:
- cssdeck interactive Jade syntax tutorial
- cssdeck interactive Jade logic tutorial
- Jade について。 (A Japanese Tutorial)
- Jade - 模板引擎
Implementations in other languages:
Other:
- Emacs Mode
- Vim Syntax
- TextMate Bundle
- Coda/SubEtha syntax Mode
- Screencasts
- html2jade converter
- jade2php converter
- Jade Server Ideal for building local prototypes apart from any application
License
MIT
