- Simple: Eco is essentially just a string concatenator. It introduces no constructs of its own: Every tag is pure Common Lisp code, plain and simple.
- Easy to Use: Proper use of Eco should not require more than a cursory read of this README from time to time.
- Designer-friendly: Lispers have written template engine after template engine that turns S-expressions into HTML. Which is great, if you're a lisper. Eco is meant to be used for more than HTML and also to be usable to the many designers and programmers who don't know the language and should not be expected to learn an obscure template syntax to be able to contribute.
- Performance: Eco uses the many performance advantages of Common Lisp. Templates are not interpreted or run in a VM, but compiled to Common Lisp, which is then compiled down to efficient machine code. By making each template a function that takes an (Optionally typed) argument list rather than passing an environment hash table like most other template engines, one can leverage the type inference features of modern Common Lisp implementations to create performant templates.
A basic template (.eco extension) looks like this:
<% deftemplate index (title &optional posts) () %>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title><%= title %></title>
</head>
<body>
<% if posts %>
<h1>Recent Posts</h1>
<ul id="post-list">
<% loop for (title . snippet) in posts %>
<li><%= title %> - <%= snippet %></li>
<% end %>
</ul>
<% else %>
<span>No recent posts.</span>
<% end %>
</body>
</html>
<% end %>To load this template, put this in your system definition file:
(:eco-template "filename")To execute the template:
(eco-template:index "My Blog" nil)Note: Eco is designed to be output-agnostic, so by default it will not
autoescape HTML. Use the e function for that. You have been warned.
<%= <expr> %>becomes<expr>.<% <code> %><body><% end %>becomes(<code> <body>).
*template-package*: The package the templates will be defined it. Defaults to:eco-template.
Syntax:
<% deftemplate name (&rest args) (&rest options) %>
<body>
<% end %>Defines a template.
Syntax:
<% if cond %>
true branch
<% else %>
false branch
<% end %>Eco uses esrap to parse templates, which it then compiles down to Common Lisp code.
Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Fernando Borretti ([email protected])
Licensed under the MIT License.