Server-side template rendering with Handlebars & HandlebarsAssets.

Gemfile.lock

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+PATH
+  remote: .
+  specs:
+    handlebars_assets (0.15)
+      execjs (>= 1.2.9)
+      multi_json
+      sprockets (>= 2.0.3)
+      tilt
+
+GEM
+  remote: http://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    columnize (0.3.6)
+    debugger (1.6.5)
+      columnize (>= 0.3.1)
+      debugger-linecache (~> 1.2.0)
+      debugger-ruby_core_source (~> 1.3.1)
+    debugger-linecache (1.2.0)
+    debugger-ruby_core_source (1.3.1)
+    execjs (2.0.2)
+    haml (4.0.5)
+      tilt
+    hike (1.2.3)
+    json (1.7.7)
+    multi_json (1.8.4)
+    rack (1.5.2)
+    rake (10.1.1)
+    slim (2.0.2)
+      temple (~> 0.6.6)
+      tilt (>= 1.3.3, < 2.1)
+    sprockets (2.11.0)
+      hike (~> 1.2)
+      multi_json (~> 1.0)
+      rack (~> 1.0)
+      tilt (~> 1.1, != 1.3.0)
+    temple (0.6.7)
+    tilt (1.4.1)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  debugger
+  haml
+  handlebars_assets!
+  json (~> 1.7.7)
+  rake
+  slim

lib/handlebars_assets/config.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module HandlebarsAssets
   module Config
     extend self
 
-    attr_writer :compiler, :compiler_path, :ember, :multiple_frameworks,
+    attr_writer :compiler, :compiler_runtime, :compiler_path, :ember, :multiple_frameworks,
       :haml_options, :known_helpers, :known_helpers_only, :options,
       :patch_files, :patch_path, :path_prefix, :slim_options, :template_namespace,
       :precompile, :haml_enabled, :slim_enabled,
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ def compiler
       @compiler || 'handlebars.js'
     end
 
+    def compiler_runtime
+      @compiler_runtime || 'handlebars.runtime.js'
+    end
+
     def self.configure
       yield self
     end
@@ -94,7 +98,7 @@ def template_namespace
     end
 
     def handlebars_extensions
-      @hbs_extensions ||= ['hbs', 'handlebars']
+      @hbs_extensions ||= %w(hbs handlebars)
     end
 
     def hamlbars_extensions

lib/handlebars_assets/handlebars.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 module HandlebarsAssets
   class Handlebars
     class << self
-
       def precompile(*args)
         context.call('Handlebars.precompile', *args)
       end

lib/handlebars_assets/server.rb

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+require 'handlebars_assets'
+
+%w(responder controller handlers/handlebars extensions).each do |lib|
+  require File.join('handlebars_assets', 'server', lib)
+end
+
+module HandlebarsAssets
+  module Server
+    extend self
+    HANDLER = HandlebarsAssets::Server::Handlers::Handlebars
+
+    def self.register_template_handlers
+      Config.handlebars_extensions.each do |ext|
+        ActionView::Template.register_template_handler(ext, HANDLER)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def self.register_mime_types
+      Config.handlebars_extensions.each do |ext|
+        Mime::Type.register_alias 'text/html', ext.to_sym
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+if defined?(Rails)
+  ::HandlebarsAssets::Server.register_template_handlers
+  ::HandlebarsAssets::Server.register_mime_types
+end

lib/handlebars_assets/server/controller.rb

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+module HandlebarsAssets
+  module Server
+    # Prepare a controller to use <code>respond_with</code>
+    # to render a Handlebars template (for GET requests, currently)
+    #
+    # You must require 'handlebar_assets/server'
+    # in your controller, as it is not loaded by default.
+    #
+    #   require 'handlebars_assets/server'
+    #
+    #   class MyApp < ActionController::Base
+    #     include HandlebarsAssets::Server::Controller
+    #
+    #     respond_to :hbs # or :handlebars
+    #
+    #     def show
+    #       @bike = Bike.find(params[:id])
+    #       render_with(@bike) # Look ma, no 'to_hbs'!
+    #     end
+    #   end
+    #
+    # Your class must define #to_hbs (or #to_handlebars)
+    # that returns a Hash of JSON-compatible objects.
+    #
+    # You can specify the location of your templates:
+    #
+    #   handlebars_templates path: 'app/assets/...'
+    #
+    # -or-
+    #
+    #   handlebars_templates paths: ['array', 'of', 'paths']
+    #
+    # 'app/assets/javascripts/templates' is prepended on
+    # include, so you do not need to add this line
+    # if you keep your templates in that directory
+    #
+    # If you support other mime types (like JSON), in the same
+    # controller, you'll need to give your template a 'js' or
+    # 'jst' format in order to keep Rails from trying to use
+    # the view for everything:
+    #
+    #   show.js.hbs # *not* show.hbs or show.html.hbs
+    #
+    module Controller
+      extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+      DEFAULT_HBS_TEMPLATE_PATH = 'app/assets/javascripts/templates'
+
+      included do
+        self.responder = HandlebarsAssets::Server::Responder
+
+        def self.handlebars_templates(options = {})
+          paths = options[:paths] || options[:path] || []
+          Array(paths).reverse_each { |p| prepend_view_path(p) }
+        end
+
+        handlebars_templates path: DEFAULT_HBS_TEMPLATE_PATH
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/handlebars_assets/server/extensions.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+module HandlebarsAssets
+  module Server
+    module Extensions
+      def context_for(template, extra = '')
+        tmpl = "var template = Handlebars.template(#{precompile(template)})"
+        context = [runtime, extra, tmpl].join('; ')
+
+        ExecJS.compile(context)
+      end
+
+      def render(template, *args)
+        locals = args.last.is_a?(Hash) ? args.pop : {}
+        extra = args.first.to_s
+        context_for(template, extra).call('template', locals)
+      end
+
+      protected
+
+      def runtime
+        @runtime ||= runtime_path.read
+      end
+
+      def runtime_path
+        @runtime_path ||= assets_path.join(HandlebarsAssets::Config.compiler_runtime)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+::HandlebarsAssets::Handlebars.send(:extend, HandlebarsAssets::Server::Extensions)

lib/handlebars_assets/server/handlers/handlebars.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+module HandlebarsAssets
+  module Server
+    module Handlers
+      class Handlebars
+        def self.call(template)
+          new.call(template)
+        end
+
+        def call(template)
+          if template.locals.blank?
+            "#{template.source.inspect}.html_safe"
+          else
+            <<-HBS
+            variable_names = controller.instance_variable_names
+            variable_names -= %w[@template]
+            if controller.respond_to?(:protected_instance_variables)
+              variable_names -= controller.protected_instance_variables
+            end
+            variable_names.reject! { |name| name.starts_with? '@_' }
+
+            variables = variable_names.inject({}) { |acc,name| acc[name.sub(/^@/, "")] = controller.instance_variable_get(name); acc }
+            variables.merge!(local_assigns)
+
+            HandlebarsAssets::Handlebars.render(#{template.source.inspect}, variables).html_safe
+            HBS
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/handlebars_assets/server/responder.rb

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+module HandlebarsAssets
+  module Server
+    # Provides the requisite #to_{format} methods a Responder needs
+    # to handle <code>respond_with</code>
+    class Responder < ActionController::Responder
+      # Ask the resource to give a HandleBars-compatible
+      # representation and then passes it back to
+      # <code>render</code> with the appropriate new options.
+      #
+      # Add the HBS-compatible version of the resource
+      # to the locals hash, and ensure ':html' is in
+      # the list of requested formats.
+      def to_handlebars
+        display resource, resource_options if resourceful?
+      end
+      alias_method :to_hbs, :to_handlebars
+
+      private
+
+      # Aggregate the options for displaying this resource
+      # and return the new Hash.
+      def resource_options
+        { locals: resource_locals, formats: resource_formats }
+      end
+
+      # Merge any user-supplied locals with the formatted resource
+      # and return the Hash
+      def resource_locals
+        (options.delete(:locals) || {}).merge!(resource.send(:"to_#{format}"))
+      end
+
+      # Merge any user-supplied formats with our
+      # supported format(s) and return the new Array.
+      def resource_formats
+        supported_formats | (options.delete(:formats) || [])
+      end
+
+      # :nodoc:
+      def supported_formats
+        [:js, :jst]
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end