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Handlebars is a templating library for JavaScript.

Handlebars is a template library that is, more or less, based on . Handlebars uses Mustache template syntax to render templates but it also adds these features compared to Mustache:

  • Handlebars templates are compiled
  • Handlebars adds #if, #unless, #with, and #each
  • Handlebars supports custom helpers
  • Handlebars supports paths
  • Allows use of {{this}} in blocks (which outputs the current item's string value)
  • Handlebars.SafeString() (and maybe some other methods)
  • Handlebars is 2 to 7 times faster

However Mustache supports inverted sections (i.e. if !x ...) that are not used in Handlebars

Handlebars is used in as a Templating engine, Ember.js add some additionnal builtin helpers to the vanilla Handlebars.js. can also use handlebars when installed with the hbs option : --hbs

Resources :

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What's the use of Jade or Handlebars when writing AngularJs apps

I am new(ish) to the whole javascript full stack applications, and completely new to Angular, so I was hoping somebody can put the record straight for me here. Why would I need to use a templating framework like Jade or Handlebars when writing…
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How to find Array length inside the Handlebar templates?

I have a Handlebars template which is rendered using a json object. In this json I am sending an array. Like this: var json = { "array":["abc","def","ghi","jkl"] } Now in my template I want to find the length of this array.…
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Need Handlebars.js to render object data instead of "[Object object]"

I'm using Handlebars templates and JSON data is already represented in [Object object], how do I parse this data outside of the Handlebars? For example, I'm trying to populate a JavaScript variable on the page through a handlebars tag, but this…
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conditional on last item in array using handlebars.js template

I am leveraging handlebars.js for my templating engine and am looking to make a conditional segment display only if it is the last item in array contained in the templates configuration object. { columns:…
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Iterating over basic “for” loop using Handlebars.js

I’m new to Handlebars.js and just started using it. Most of the examples are based on iterating over an object. I wanted to know how to use handlebars in basic for loop. Example. for(i=0 ; i<100 ; i++) { create li's with i as the value } How can…
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Handlebarsjs check if a string is equal to a value

Is it possible in Handlebars to check if a string is equal to another value without registering a helper? I can't seem to find anything relevant to this in the Handlebars reference. For example: {{#if sampleString == "This is a string"}} ...do…
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Adding offset to {{@index}} when looping through items in Handlebars

I'm iterating over a list in Handlebars using the built-in each helper. Within the each block, I'm referencing the current loop index {{@index}} to print the consecutive number of an item: