HTML's New Template Tag: standardizing client-side templating | JavaScript for Line of Business Applications | Scoop.it

The concept of templating is not new to web development. In fact, server-side templating languages/engines like Django (Python), ERB/Haml (Ruby), and Smarty (PHP) have been around for a long time. In the last couple of years however, we've seen an explosion of MVC frameworks spring up. All of them are slightly different, yet most share a common mechanic for rendering their presentational layer (aka da view): templates.

Let's face it. Templates are fantastic. Go ahead, ask around. Even its definition makes you feel warm and cozy.