About this book

This book contains every handlebars features and example, you can find working example code for both handlebars.js and lightncandy

What is...

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.

handlebars.js

Handlebars.js is an extension to the Mustache templating language created by Chris Wanstrath.

lightncandy

LightnCandy is an extremely fast PHP implementation of handlebars and mustache.

How mustache/handlebars works...

template

My name is {{name}} and I am {{age}} years old.

+ data

{
  "name": "John",
  "age": 18
}

= result

My name is John and I am 18 years old.

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Partials List

partial_name	partial template
partial_name2	partial template...

Options

Option1 Option2

Versions

The used version of mustache in this book is 4.2.0 (npm:mustache)
The used version of handlebars in this book is 4.7.7 (npm:handlebars)
The used version of lightncandy in this book is 1.2.6 (composer:zordius/lightncandy)