What is Handlebars.js?
Handlebars.js is an extension to the Mustache templating language created by Chris Wanstrath. Handlebars.js and Mustache are both logicless templating languages that keep the view and the code separated like we all know they should be.
Handlebars.js is a tool in the Templating Languages & Extensions category of a tech stack.
Handlebars.js is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Handlebars.js's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Handlebars.js?
Companies
3227 companies reportedly use Handlebars.js in their tech stacks, including Slack, Accenture, and Alibaba Travels.
Developers
3606 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Handlebars.js.
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Decisions about Handlebars.js
Here are some stack decisions, common use cases and reviews by companies and developers who chose Handlebars.js in their tech stack.
Asad Gilani
Software Engineer at Lisec Automation · | 5 upvotes · 220.8K views
@All: I am searching for the best template engine for .NET. I started looking into several template engines, including the Dotliquid, Handlebars.js, Scriban, and Razorlight. I found handlebar a bit difficult to use when using the loops and condition because you need to register for helper first. DotLiquid and Scriban were easy to use and in Razorlight I did not find the example for loops.
Can you please suggest which template engine is best suited for the use of conditional/list and looping and why? Or if anybody could provide me a resource or link where I can compare which is best?
Thanks In Advance
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Handlebars.js Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Handlebars.js?
AngularJS
AngularJS lets you write client-side web applications as if you had a smarter browser. It lets you use good old HTML (or HAML, Jade and friends!) as your template language and lets you extend HTML’s syntax to express your application’s components clearly and succinctly. It automatically synchronizes data from your UI (view) with your JavaScript objects (model) through 2-way data binding.
Mustache
Mustache is a logic-less template syntax. It can be used for HTML, config files, source code - anything. It works by expanding tags in a template using values provided in a hash or object. We call it "logic-less" because there are no if statements, else clauses, or for loops. Instead there are only tags. Some tags are replaced with a value, some nothing, and others a series of values.
React
Lots of people use React as the V in MVC. Since React makes no assumptions about the rest of your technology stack, it's easy to try it out on a small feature in an existing project.
Underscore
A JavaScript library that provides a whole mess of useful functional programming helpers without extending any built-in objects.
doT.js
It is a fastest and concise javascript template engine for Node.js and browsers. It was created in search of the fastest and concise JavaScript templating function with emphasis on performance under V8 and Node.js. It shows great performance for both Node.js and browsers.