Express Helpers is a port of EJS's ViewHelpers.
Express Helpers provides view helpers for common tasks. These helpers are very similar to those found in the Ruby on Rails framework.
- date_tag
- form_tag
- form_tag_end
- hidden_field_tag
- input_field_tag
- link_to
- submit_link_to
- link_to_if
- link_to_unless
- password_field_tag
- select_tag
- single_tag_for
- start_tag_for
- submit_tag
- tag
- tag_end
- text_area_tag
- text_tag
- text_field_tag
- url_for
- img_tag
npm install express-helpers
Require modules and cretae a server.
var express = require('express');
var helpers = require('express-helpers');
var app = express.createServer();
Register necessary view helpers...
app.helpers({
date_tag: helpers.date_tag
});
app.helpers({
...
Or all view helpers:D
app = helpers.all(app);
Creates a date tag
date_tag('Installation[date]', new Date(1982, 10,20) )
Creates a start form tag.
form_tag('/myaction',{multipart: true})
Creates a start form tag.
form_tag_end()
hidden_field_tag( name, value, html_options)
Creates a hidden field.
hidden_field_tag('something[interesting]', 5) =>
"<input id=\'something[interesting]\'
value=\'5\'
type=\'hidden\'
name=\'something[interesting]\'/>"
Creates an image tag.
img_tag('/some.png', 'something') => "<img src='/some.png' alt='something' />"
Creates an input field tag.
input_field_tag('something[interesting]', 5) =>
"<input id='something[interesting]'
value='5'
type='text'
name='something[interesting]'/>"
Creates a link to another page.
link_to('hello world', '/something/here') => "<a href='/something/here' >hello world</a>"
Creates a submit button that links to another page.
submit_link_to('holla', '/new/location') =>
"<input onclick='window.location=\"/new/location\";return false;'
value='holla'
type='submit' />"
Just like link_to if the condition is true. If condition is false it returns name.
Just like link_to if the condition is false. If condition is true it returns name.
Returns a password field.
password_field_tag('something[interesting]', 5) =>
"<input id='something[interesting]'
value='5'
type='password'
name='something[interesting]'/>"
Returns a select tag.
var choices = [ {value: 1, text: 'First Choice' },
{value: 2, text: 'Second Choice'},
{value: 3, text: 'Third Choice'} ]
select_tag('mySelectElement', 2, choices) =>
"<select id='mySelectElement' value='2' name='mySelectElement'>
<option value='1' >First Choice</option>
<option value='2' selected='selected'>Second Choice</option>
<option value='3'>Third Choice</option>
</select>"
Helper for creating a single tag like
Helper for creating a beginning tag like
Creates a submit tag.
submit_tag('Submit') => "<input type=\'submit\' value=\'Submit\' />"
Creates a general tag.
Creates an end tag like </div>.
text_area_tag('task[description]', 'Here is some text.\nA new line.') =>
"<textarea id='task[description]'
name='task[description]'
cols='50'
rows='4' >Here is some text.\nA new line.</textarea>"
text_field_tag('something[interesting]', 5) =>
"<input id='something[interesting]'
value='5'
type='text'
name='something[interesting]'/>"
returns a string that changes the url.
(The MIT License)
EJS - Embedded JavaScript
Copyright (c) 2007 Edward Benson
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