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In this tutorial, We will see difference and comparison of mustache and handlebar templates
Both are template language for javascript and generate html output.
Both are opensource frameworks
Let’s see the differences
MustacheJS
- Opensource template
- Compiled support in popular languages
- Logic less and no helper classes
- Active community
- Partials are easy to implement
HandlebarJS
- These are extended syntax to mustache template
- Introduced helper classes #if, #each #unless #with
- Developed this template to support in javascript language
- Better supports in block level and comments compared with mustache
- Supports comments
- Partial syntax is complex to understand and implement
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 difference between mustache and handlebarJS, If it is small project, you can pick Mustache with wider language support. if you want more feature rich and active community, you can choose HandlebarJS.
