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express-dust

Express-dust is a project mainly written in JavaScript, it's free.

Express view engine adapter for Dust template engine

Express-dust

Express view engine adapter for Dust template engine.

Usage

Express-dust is overwrite the express's original render method because that doesn't support async tempate engines like dustjs. You just require express-dust module and call the response object's render method.

In your app.js:

var expressDust = require('express-dust');

In your handler:

//render the views/user.dust
res.render('user', {title: 'User account', user: user });

You can use all of express's view settings. For example: app.set("view options",{...}) and app.dynamicHelpers({...}), etc.

Limitations

  • No layout support in render method. If you want to layouts, you have to use dustjs base - child template system.