JavaScript template language shootoff (v1046)

Revision 1046 of this benchmark created on

Description

A limited comparison of some popular JavaScript templating engines on a short template: 6 header tags, and 10 list items. Compared templating engines:

Same as 412 but excludes DOM node generation.

Preparation HTML

<script>
  Senzu = {};
  Senzu.Template = (function() {
    function Template() {}

    Template.prototype.helpers = {};

    Template.prototype.partials = {};

    Template.prototype.settings = {
      dynamic: {
        each: /<each(?::(\w+))?\(([^)]+)\)([^>]*)>/g,
        "else": /<else(?::(\w+))?([^>]*)>/g,
        elseif: /<elseif(?::(\w+))?\(([^)]+)\)([^>]*)>/g,
        endeach: /<\/each>/g,
        endif: /<\/if>/g,
        "if": /<if(?::(\w+))?\(([^)]+)\)([^>]*)>/g,
        partial: /<([a-z]\w*)([^\/>]*)(?:\/>|>([\s\S]*?)<\/\1>)/ig,
        variable: /<var(?::(\w+))?\(([^)]+)\)([^\/>]*)\/>/g
      },
      "static": {
        each: /\{{2}each\(([^)]+)\)\}{2}/g,
        "else": /\{{2}else\}{2}/g,
        elseif: /\{{2}elseif\(([^)]+)\)\}{2}/g,
        endeach: /\{{2}\/each\}{2}/g,
        endif: /\{{2}\/if\}{2}/g,
        "if": /\{{2}if\(([^)]+)\)\}{2}/g,
        variable: /\{{2}var\(([^)]+)\)((?:|[a-z]\w*)*)\}{2}/gi
      }
    };

    Template.prototype.functions = {
      each: function(all, expression) {
        expression = (function() {
          switch (false) {
            case (expression.substr(0, 1)) !== "@":
              return expression.substr(1);
            case expression !== "this":
              return expression = "attributes";
            default:
              return expression = "attributes['" + expression + "']";
          }
        })();
        return "'; for (_index in " + expression + ") { (function(attributes) { attributes = " + expression + "[_index]; out += '";
      },
      "else": function() {
        return "'; } else { out += '";
      },
      elseif: function(all, expression) {
        return "'; } else if (" + expression + ") { out += '";
      },
      endeach: function() {
        return "'; }(attributes)); } out += '";
      },
      endif: function() {
        return "'; } out += '";
      },
      "if": function(all, expression) {
        return "'; if (" + expression + ") { out += '";
      },
      partial: function(all, name, attributes, content) {
        if (Senzu.Template.partials[name] == null) {
          return all;
        }
        return "'; out += partials['" + name + "'](attributes); out += '";
      },
      variable: function(all, expression, filters) {
        var methods, parenthesis;
        if (filters) {
          filters = filters.split("|").reverse();
        } else {
          filters = [];
        }
        methods = filters.map(function(value) {
          return "helpers['" + value + "'](";
        }).join();
        parenthesis = filters.map(function(value) {
          return ")";
        }).join();
        expression = (function() {
          switch (false) {
            case (expression.substr(0, 1)) !== "@":
              return expression.substr(1);
            case expression !== "this":
              return expression = "attributes";
            default:
              return expression = "attributes['" + expression + "']";
          }
        })();
        return "' + " + (methods + expression + parenthesis) + " + '";
      }
    };

    Template.prototype.unquote = function(string) {
      return string.replace(/'/g, "\\'");
    };

    Template.prototype.compile = function(template) {
      var definition, e, key, ref, value;
      definition = "var out = '" + (this.unquote(template)) + "'; return out;";
      ref = this.settings["static"];
      for (key in ref) {
        value = ref[key];
        definition = definition.replace(value, this.functions[key]);
      }
      try {
        return new Function("attributes", definition);
      } catch (_error) {
        e = _error;
        throw e;
      }
    };

    return Template;

  })();

compiler = new Senzu.Template();
window.senzuTemplate = compiler.compile("<div><h1 class='header'>{{var(header)}}</h1><h2 class='header2'>{{var(header2)}}</h2><h3 class='header3'>{{var(header3)}}</h3><h4 class='header4'>{{var(header4)}}</h4><h5 class='header5'>{{var(header5)}}</h5><h6 class='header6'>{{var(header6)}a}</h6><ul class='list'>{{each(list)}}<li class='item'>{{var(this)}}</li>{{/each}}</ul></div>");
</script>

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

<script type="text/javascript" src="//cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/underscore.js/1.8.3/underscore-min.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/2012.1.322/js/kendo.all.min.js"></script>

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

<script src="http://borismoore.github.com/jsrender/jsrender.js"></script>

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/hogan.js/3.0.2/hogan.js"></script>
<script src="https://raw.github.com/twitter/hogan.js/master/lib/compiler.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/dot/1.0.3/doT.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: ['1000000000', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10']
  };

  //JsRender compiled template (no encoding)
  window.jsRenderTemplate = $.templates("<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 list}}<li class='item'>{{:#data}}</li>{{/for}}</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.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.underscoreTemplateNoWith = _.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>", null, {variable: 'data'});

  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>";
 
window.doTtemplate = 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'>{{for(var i = 0,l=it.list.length;i<l;i++) { }}<li class='item'>{{=it.list[i]}}</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>");

  window.hoganTemplate = Hogan.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'>{{#list}}<li class='item'>{{{.}}}</li>{{/list}}</ul></div>");
</script>

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Senzu
senzuTemplate(sharedVariables);
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Kendo UI Templates (Default)
kendouiTemplate(sharedVariables);
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Kendo UI Templates (No "with" block)
kendouiTemplate2(sharedVariables);
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Handlebars.js
handlebarsTemplate(sharedVariables);
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Underscore.js Template
underscoreTemplate(sharedVariables);
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Resig Micro Templates (modified)
resig(sharedVariables);
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Resig Micro Templates (No "with" block)
resig2(sharedVariables);
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Underscore.js Template (No "with")
underscoreTemplateNoWith(sharedVariables);
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Hogan.js
hoganTemplate.render(sharedVariables);
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JsRender
jsRenderTemplate.render(sharedVariables);
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Mustache.js Template
Mustache.to_html(mustacheTemplate, sharedVariables);
 
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doT.js
doTtemplate(sharedVariables);
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