Access
gracenode.view
Configurations
"modules": {
"view": {
"preload": ["file path"...], // optional
"minify": true or false // default is true > minify css and js files
}
}#####API: assign
void assign(String name, mixed value)
Assigns a variable to be embeded to view file(s)
Exmple:
// controller
gracenode.view.assign('foo', 'hello world');
// view file
(:= foo :)
// output
hello world
#####API: load
void load(String vilewFilePath, Function callback)
Loads a view file.
// controller file
module.exports.index = function (cb) {
gracenode.view.assign('foo', 'hello world');
gracenode.view.load('/foo/index.html', function (error, contentData) {
if (error) {
return cb(error);
}
cb(null, contentData, 'HTML');
});
};
// this will output "hello world"<!-- include header HTML file -->
<div class="header">
(:include common/header.html :)
</div>
<!-- include CSS file -->
<style type="text/css">
(:include css/main.css :)
</style>
<!-- include Javascript file -->
<script type="text/javascript">
(:include js/main.js :)
</script>
<!-- include ALL files in the directory -->
<div class="content">
(:include content/ :)
</div>All included files have access to the variables assigned by assign function.
All assigned variables are also available as Javascript variables in the client under window.gracenode object
There is no if nor for-loop in view module because view template files are just template files and should not contain any sort of logic.
If you need to generate a list of items or change the display depending on certain conditions, please use Javascript to do so. After all we are using Nodejs.