NAME¶
Dancer::Template::TemplateToolkit - Template Toolkit wrapper for Dancer
DESCRIPTION¶
This class is an interface between Dancer's template engine abstraction layer
and the Template module.
This template engine is recomended for production purposes, but depends on the
Template module.
In order to use this engine, use the template setting:
template: template_toolkit
This can be done in your config.yml file or directly in your app code with the
set keyword.
Note that by default, Dancer configures the Template::Toolkit engine to use
<% %> brackets instead of its default [% %] brackets. This can be
changed within your config file - for example:
template: template_toolkit
engines:
template_toolkit:
start_tag: '[%'
stop_tag: '%]'
You can also add any options you would normally add to the Template module's
initialization. You could, for instance, enable saving the compiled templates:
engines:
template_toolkit:
COMPILE_DIR: 'caches/templates'
COMPILE_EXT: '.ttc'
By default, Template is used, but you can configure Dancer to use a subclass
with the "subclass" option.
engines:
template_toolkit:
subclass: My::Template
Dancer already provides a WRAPPER-like ability, which we call a
"layout". The reason we do not use TT's WRAPPER (which also makes it
incompatible with it) is because not all template systems support it.
Actually, most don't.
However, you might want to use it, and be able to define META variables and
regular Template::Toolkit variables.
These few steps will get you there:
- •
- Disable the layout in Dancer
You can do this by simply commenting (or removing) the "layout"
configuration in the config.yml file.
- •
- Use Template Toolkit template engine
Change the configuration of the template to Template Toolkit:
# in config.yml
template: "template_toolkit"
- •
- Tell the Template Toolkit engine who's your wrapper
# in config.yml
# ...
engines:
template_toolkit:
WRAPPER: layouts/main.tt
Done! Everything will work fine out of the box, including variables and META
variables.
SEE ALSO¶
Dancer, Template
AUTHOR¶
This module has been written by Alexis Sukrieh
LICENSE¶
This module is free software and is released under the same terms as Perl
itself.