Art Mustache

##About ArtMustache

Art Mustache is simple and it was designed as an easy to learn, compact and expressive template engine that enables a fluid coding workflow.

Art Mustache is not a new programming language itself, but uses native language(just like python) syntax for having code.

##ArtMustache Syntax

Before getting introduced to Art Mustache you should first know some simple rules that will help you understand how to write template with python in the same page:

1. '@' is the magic character that precedes code instructions in the following contexts:

   1. '@' For a single code line/values: A single code line inside the markup:

      	<p>Hello @variable</p>

   2. '@{...}' For a single code line/python code:

      	@{my_name = 'I am art mustache.'}
      
          @{status = True}
      
          @{my_name = 'art mustache' if status else 'no art mustache'}

   3. '@{...}' For code blocks with multiple lines:

      	@{
          	def say_hello(name):
                  return 'hello %s' % name
              name = 'Hyson'
              
              say_hello(name)
              
              if name == 'Hyson':
                  for n in ['hello',name]:
                      @:<li>@i</li> # @: syntax
              else:
                  say_hello('you have no name.')
           
      	}

   4. '@:' For single plain text to be rendered in '@{}' in template:

      	@{
              for i in range(10):
                  @:this is a single plain text,this is @i line.
          }

2. plain text or HTML markup can be included at any part of the code:

   It is no need to open or close code blocks to write HTML inside a page. If you want to add a code instruction inside HTML, you will need to use ‘@’ before the code:

   	@{your_name = 'geeker'}
   
       @def func(name){
           <h1>Hello @name</h1>
       }
   
       @{func2 = lambda x,y:x+y}
   
       @if status == 1{
           <span>Hello,what's are you doing?</span>
       }@elif status == 1{
           <span>Hello @your_name,do you like a simple template engine?</span>
       }@else{
           <span>I am sorry to that.</span>
       }
   
       @for i in range(20){
           @if i % 2{
               <li class="odd">@i</li>
           }@else{
               <li class="even">@i</li>
           }
           @func('art mustache'+str(i))
       }
   
       @{index=0}
   
       @while index<10{
           @if i % 2{
               <li class="odd">@i</li>
           }@else{
               <li class="even">@i</li>
           }
           @func('art mustache'+str(i))
       }
   
       @try{
           @{1+'a'}
       }@except Exception as e{
           <span><b style="color:red"></b>@e</span>
       }
   

3. How to use Art Mustache

   	tpl = """
              @name
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
       @{my_name = 'hyson'}
       @{
           def say_hello(name):
               return 'hello'+str(name)
       }
       @for i in numbers{
           <li>line @i</li>
       }
       @say_hello(my_name)
       @say_hello('world')
       """
       t = ArtMustache(tpl)
       print t.render(
           name='Art Mustache',
           numbers=[1,2,3,4,5,6]
           )

##Copyright Copyright (c) 2012 Hyson Wu. All rights reserved.

##License Art Mustache is MIT Lisense