Using hogan.js with express on node.js

Thought i'd try getting twitter's hogan.js up and running with express... not as straight forward as i expected. Drawing upon this article on using mustache.js with express.js i created a simple adapter to help bridge functionality.

I would only use this while connect 3.x is in dev. After that i'd use TJ's consolidate.js cause i'm no TJ.

If you're looking for a full, working example, be sure to checkout a Nodestrap-- a repo i use as a project "prototype." It comes out of the box with better than average architecture, hogan-express templating, bootstrap 1.x. Its a good jumping off point.

Here's the adapter:

	var HoganExpressAdapter=(function(){
	var init=function(hogan) {
	var compile=function(source){
	return function(options) {
	return hogan.compile(source).render(options);
	};
	}
	return {compile:compile};
	};
	return {init:init};
	}());
	if(typeof module!== 'undefined' && module.exports){
	module.exports=HoganExpressAdapter;
	} else if (typeof exports!=='undefined') {
	exports.HoganExpressAdapter=HoganExpressAdapter;
	}

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Here's an example of it in use:

	var express=require('express'),
	hogan=require('hogan.js'),
	adapter=require('./hogan-express.js'),
	app = express.createServer();
	app.configure(function(){
	app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
	app.use(express.logger());
	app.use(express.bodyParser());
	app.use(express.cookieParser());
	app.use(app.router);
	app.use(express.errorHandler({dumpExceptions:true,showStack:true}));
	app.set('view engine','hogan.js');
	app.set('view options',{layout:false});
	app.set('views',__dirname+ '/views');
	app.register('hogan.js',adapter.init(hogan));
	});
	app.get("/",function(req,res,next) {
	res.render("index",{name:"micah"});
	});
	app.listen(8080);

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In the views directory i have a index.hogan.js file-- that's the template.

It's worked for simple uses so far. I'll update if needs be.