sharing templates amongst template users

[borismoore]

sharing templates amongst template users

[BorisMoore]

The way to get a script from a server and share across web pages, is to fetch it by an AJAX request, as a string, and use $.template( myTemplateName, templateString ) to compile it. You can then use it by name as in $.render( data, myTemplateName ) or $( containerElement ).link( data, myTemplateName );

Setting src on the script element will only work for loading javascript scripts, not other types of script block content. (Browsers do not support doing so).

[nogece]

Thanks for the hint, I managed to do it with an ajax request. However, that means I always have to have a server running (firefox security model...!). Not ideal for a designer. But I guess there is no other way.

[BorisMoore]

You can add a script reference <script id="movieTemplate" src="t.js"> and have the script contain either the template markup as a string (assigned to a variable), or the compiled template as a function.

[bwalex]

What is the way of doing this now that the $.template function is gone and the $.templates function seemingly only accepts selectors?

[BorisMoore]

No, $.templates does not only accept selectors. See the demos of JsViews and JsRender, such as:
https://github.com/BorisMoore/jsrender/blob/master/demos/step-by-step/02_compiling-templates-from-strings.html#L29
Also examples in the unit tests:
https://github.com/BorisMoore/jsrender/blob/master/test/unit/jsrender-tests-no-jquery.js#L206