snakeskin/README.md

Awesome JavaScript template engine.

# Snakeskin

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*This is Frank, a snake-cowboy who loves templates.*

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Snakeskin is an awesome JavaScript template engine with the best support for inheritance.

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[Demo](http://codepen.io/kobezzza/pen/zrJNXx)

[Documentation](http://snakeskintpl.github.io/docs)

## Features

* 2 types of syntax: classic and Jade-Like;
* Object-oriented approach with very rich features for code-reuse (inheritance, composition, mixing, etc.);
* JS-like set of directives;
* [BEM](http://en.bem.info) (as in [Stylus](https://github.com/LearnBoost/stylus));
* Localization;
* Filters;
* Modules;
* Work in browsers, as well as on a server ([node.js](http://nodejs.org));
* The source code is designed to work with Google Closure Compiler in advanced mode;
* Good code coverage;
* Detailed [documentation](http://snakeskintpl.github.io/docs) with examples.

## Plugins

* [Gulp](https://github.com/SnakeskinTpl/gulp-snakeskin)
* [Grunt](https://github.com/SnakeskinTpl/grunt-snakeskin)
* [WebPack](https://github.com/SnakeskinTpl/snakeskin-loader)
* [Browserify](https://github.com/SnakeskinTpl/snakeskinify)
* [CLI](https://github.com/SnakeskinTpl/snakeskin-cli)
* [IntelliJ-IDEA](https://github.com/SnakeskinTpl/IntelliJ-IDEA)
* [Atom](https://github.com/SnakeskinTpl/atom-snakeskin)
* [STD.ss](https://github.com/SnakeskinTpl/std.ss)

### Example

```js
- namespace example
- template helloWorld(name = 'world')
  < .hello
    Hello {name}!
```

```js
example.helloWorld();
```

It will transpiled to

```html
<div class="hello">Hello world!</div>
```

## [License](https://github.com/SnakeskinTpl/Snakeskin/blob/master/LICENSE)

The MIT License.