JavaScript template language shootoff (v1012)

Revision 1012 of this benchmark created by leo on

Preparation HTML

<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<script src="http://documentcloud.github.com/underscore/underscore.js"></script>

<script src="http://olado.github.io/doT/doT.min.js"></script>

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<!--<script src="http://github.com/janl/mustache.js/raw/master/mustache.js"></script>-->
<script src="http://ajax.cdnjs.com/ajax/libs/mustache.js/0.3.0/mustache.min.js"></script>

<script src="https://github.com/downloads/wycats/handlebars.js/handlebars.1.0.0.beta.3.js"></script>

<script src="http://cdn.kendostatic.com/2011.2.804/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>

<script src="http://jashkenas.github.com/coffee-script/extras/coffee-script.js"></script>

<!--NOTE: Need to load from MSFT CDN since GitHub uses text/plain MIME type, which is blocked in IE9-->
<!--<script src="http://github.com/jquery/jquery-tmpl/raw/master/jquery.tmpl.min.js"></script>-->
<script src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery.templates/beta1/jquery.tmpl.min.js"></script>

<!--External Template Definitions-->
<script type="text/x-kendo-template" id="kendoUIextTemplate">
<div>
<h1 class='header'><#= data.header #></h1>
<h2 class='header2'><#= data.header2 #></h2>
<h3 class='header3'><#= data.header3 #></h3>
<h4 class='header4'><#= data.header4 #></h4>
<h5 class='header5'><#= data.header5 #></h5>
<h6 class='header6'><#= data.header6 #></h6>
<ul class='list'>
   <# for (var i = 0, l = data.list.length; i < l; i++) { #>
   <li class='item'><#= data.list[i] #></li>
   <# } #>
</ul>
</div>
</script>
<script>
  window.sharedVariables = {
   header: "Header",
   header2: "Header2",
   header3: "Header3",
   header4: "Header4",
   header5: "Header5",
   header6: "Header6",
   list: ['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10']
  };
  
  window.jQueryTemplate = $.template(null, "<div><h1 class='header'>{{html header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{html header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{html header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{html header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{html header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{html header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{each list}}<li class='item'>{{html $value}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></div>");
  
  window.mustacheTemplate = "<div><h1 class='header'>{{{header}}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{{header2}}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{{header3}}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{{header4}}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{{header5}}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{{header6}}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#list}}<li class='item'>{{{.}}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>";
  
  window.handlebarsTemplate = Handlebars.compile("<div><h1 class='header'>{{header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{#each list}}<li class='item'>{{this}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></div>");

window.doTjsTemplate = doT.template("<div><h1 class='header'>{{=it.header}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{=it.header2}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{=it.header3}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{=it.header4}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{=it.header5}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{=it.header6}}</h6><ul class='list'>{{~it.list :value}}<li class='item'>{{=value}}</li>{{~}}</ul></div>");

  
  window.kendouiTemplate = kendo.template("<div><h1 class='header'><#= data.header #></h1><h2 class='header2'><#= data.header2 #></h2><h3 class='header3'><#= data.header3 #></h3><h4 class='header4'><#= data.header4 #></h4><h5 class='header5'><#= data.header5 #></h5><h6 class='header6'><#= data.header6 #></h6><ul class='list'><# for (var i = 0, l = data.list.length; i < l; i++) { #><li class='item'><#= data.list[i] #></li><# } #></ul></div>", {useWithBlock:true});
  
  window.kendouiTemplate2 = kendo.template("<div><h1 class='header'><#= data.header #></h1><h2 class='header2'><#= data.header2 #></h2><h3 class='header3'><#= data.header3 #></h3><h4 class='header4'><#= data.header4 #></h4><h5 class='header5'><#= data.header5 #></h5><h6 class='header6'><#= data.header6 #></h6><ul class='list'><# for (var i = 0, l = data.list.length; i < l; i++) { #><li class='item'><#= data.list[i] #></li><# } #></ul></div>", {useWithBlock:false});
  
  //Use external template definition
  window.kendoUIAlt = kendo.template($("#kendoUIextTemplate").html());
  window.kendoUIAlt2 = kendo.template($("#kendoUIextTemplate").html(), {useWithBlock:false});
  
  window.underscoreTemplate = _.template("<div><h1 class='header'><%= header %></h1><h2 class='header2'><%= header2 %></h2><h3 class='header3'><%= header3 %></h3><h4 class='header4'><%= header4 %></h4><h5 class='header5'><%= header5 %></h5><h6 class='header6'><%= header6 %></h6><ul class='list'><% for (var i = 0, l = list.length; i < l; i++) { %><li class='item'><%= list[i] %></li><% } %></ul></div>");
  
window.xtplTemplate = '<div><h1 class="header">{%=header%}</h1><h2 class="header2">{%=header2%}</h2><h3 class="header3">{%=header3%}</h3><h4 class="header4">{%=header4%}</h4><h5 class="header5">{%=header5%}</h5>{%=xxxx%}<h6 class="header6">{%=header6%}</h6><ul class="list">{%js var i=0, alen=xtplData.list.length; for ( i=0; i < alen; i++ ) { js%} <li class="item">{%=list[i]%}</li> {%js } js%}</ul></div>';

  window.baseHtml = "<div><h1 class='header'></h1><h2 class='header2'></h2><h3 class='header3'></h3><h4 class='header4'></h4><h5 class='header5'></h5><h6 class='header6'></h6><ul class='list'><li class='item'></li></ul></div>";
  
  //Resig Template Function (modified to support ')
  function tmpl(str) {
              var strFunc =
              "var p=[];" +
                          "with(obj){p.push('" +
  
              str.replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ")
                 .replace(/'(?=[^#]*#>)/g, "\t")
                 .split("'").join("\\'")
                 .split("\t").join("'")
                 .replace(/<#=(.+?)#>/g, "',$1,'")
                 .split("<#").join("');")
                 .split("#>").join("p.push('")
                 + "');}return p.join('');";
  
              return new Function("obj", strFunc);
          }
  
  window.resig = tmpl("<div><h1 class='header'><#= header #></h1><h2 class='header2'><#= header2 #></h2><h3 class='header3'><#= header3 #></h3><h4 class='header4'><#= header4 #></h4><h5 class='header5'><#= header5 #></h5><h6 class='header6'><#= header6 #></h6><ul class='list'><# for (var i = 0, l = list.length; i < l; i++) { #><li class='item'><#= list[i] #></li><# } #></ul></div>");
  
  //Resig modified template function (no "with" block)
  function tmpl2(str) {
              var strFunc =
              "var p=[];" +
                          "p.push('" +
  
              str.replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ")
                 .replace(/'(?=[^#]*#>)/g, "\t")
                 .split("'").join("\\'")
                 .split("\t").join("'")
                 .replace(/<#=(.+?)#>/g, "',$1,'")
                 .split("<#").join("');")
                 .split("#>").join("p.push('")
                 + "');return p.join('');";
  
              return new Function("data", strFunc);
          }
  
  window.resig2 = tmpl2("<div><h1 class='header'><#= data.header #></h1><h2 class='header2'><#= data.header2 #></h2><h3 class='header3'><#= data.header3 #></h3><h4 class='header4'><#= data.header4 #></h4><h5 class='header5'><#= data.header5 #></h5><h6 class='header6'><#= data.header6 #></h6><ul class='list'><# for (var i = 0, l = data.list.length; i < l; i++) { #><li class='item'><#= data.list[i] #></li><# } #></ul></div>");

  //Resig modified template function (no "with" block)+=
  function tmpl3(str) {
              var strFunc =
              "var p='" +
  
              str.replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ")
                 .replace(/'(?=[^#]*#>)/g, "\t")
                 .split("'").join("\\'")
                 .split("\t").join("'")
                 .replace(/<#=(.+?)#>/g, "';p+=$1;p+='")
                 .split("<#").join("';")
                 .split("#>").join("p+='")
                 + "';return p;";
  
              return new Function("data", strFunc);
          }

  window.resig3 = tmpl3("<div><h1 class='header'><#= data.header #></h1><h2 class='header2'><#= data.header2 #></h2><h3 class='header3'><#= data.header3 #></h3><h4 class='header4'><#= data.header4 #></h4><h5 class='header5'><#= data.header5 #></h5><h6 class='header6'><#= data.header6 #></h6><ul class='list'><# for (var i = 0, l = data.list.length; i < l; i++) { #><li class='item'><#= data.list[i] #></li><# } #></ul></div>");


//== xtpl
String.prototype.arrsplit||(String.prototype.arrsplit=function(t){var e,r,o,n,l,s=[],i=[];for(s[0]=this,o=t&&!t.propertyIsEnumerable("length")&&"object"==typeof t&&"number"==typeof t.length?t.length:1,e=0;o>e;e++){for(i=[],n=s.length,r=0;n>r;r++)l=s[r].split(t[e]),i=i.concat(l);s=i}return s}),function(){this.xtpl=function(t,e){var r="",o="";try{var n=/{%=\s*(.+?)\s*%}/g,l=/{%=\s*\(\s*(.+?)\s*\)\s*%}/g,s=t.replace(/[\r\t\v\n\b]/g,"");if(t.search("{%if}")>-1&&(s=s.split("{%if}").join("{%js if(").split("{if%}").join("){ js%}").split("{%endif%}").join("{%js } js%}").split("{%else%}").join("{%js } else { js%}")),s.search("{%js")>-1){s=s.arrsplit(["{%js","js%}"]);var i,p;for(p=s.length,i=0;p>i;i++)i%2&&(s[i]="{%js"+s[i].replace(n,"xtplData.$1")+"js%}");s=s.join("")}var a="var p='"+s.split("'").join("\\'").split("{%js").join("';").split("js%}").join("; p+='")+"'; return p;",c=Function("xtplData",a.replace(l,"'; p+=(xtplData.$1); p+='").replace(n,"'; p+=((xtplData.$1)?xtplData.$1:''); p+='"))}catch(j){return o="xtpl: There is an error inside the template string.",window.console&&window.console.log&&(console.log(o),console.log("Template: "+t)),""}if(!e)return c;try{r=c(e)}catch(j){return o="xtpl: Error occured when generating the HTML from the template.",window.console&&window.console.log&&(console.log(o),console.log("Template: "+t)),""}return r}}();

window.compiledXtplTemplate = xtpl(window.xtplTemplate);




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