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In this tutorial, Let us see the differences and comparisons between mustache and handlebar templates.
Both are template languages for javascript and generate HTML output.
Both are open-source frameworks.
Let’s see the differences.
MustacheJS Javascript:
It is a simple webtemplate engine with tags replaced with values and supports many programming languages.
- Opensource template
- Compiled support in popular languages
- Logic less and no helper classes
- Active community
- Partials are easy to implement
HandlebarJS javascript:
Handlebar js takes templating data as input, compiles, and outputs javascript functions, due to this, It performs faster than other templating engines.
- These are extended syntax to the mustache template
- Introduced helper classes #if, #each #unless #with
- Developed this template to support in javascript language
- Better support in block level and comments compared with a mustache
- Supports comments
- Partial syntax is complex to understand and implement
Difference between Mustache vs handlebarJS templates
| Handlebar | MustacheJS |
|---|---|
| Opensource template engine | Opensource template |
| Compiled | Compiled |
| Supports Helpers, Paths | No helper classes |
| Developed to support javascript compilation | Mustache has compilers in java, python and c, and javascript |
| Supports {{this}} for current object | Logic less template |
| verticalPosition | Vertical position - ’top’,‘bottom’ |
Conclusion
You learned the difference between mustache and handlebarJS, If it is a small project, you can pick Mustache with wider language support.
if you want a more feature-rich and active community, you can choose HandlebarJS.
