hapi-handlebars

A simple node hapi server for practice with handlebars template engine, default layout, partial templates, and helpers.

Items learned, practiced...

• trying a new directory structure and entry point
  • using bin/www pattern (as used by Codeschool and reportedly, Node personnel)
  • trying a wwwd entry point for debug (node-debug)
    • MAY ABANDON THIS APPROACH/EXPIREMENT, IF NO BENEFITS FOUND
• Handlebars, Partials and Helpers
• Testing payload for existing string segments (using lab)
• running custom scripts via npmjs
  • npm run debug
    • where debug launches node-inspector

Notes

• I found the documentation for handlebars (at npmjs.org and handlebars.js) to be bit confusing
  • I think mostly because they are both geared toward using handlebars directly/explicitly as client side javascript
  • hapi takes care of the majority of that for you, when configuring handlebars as the template engine
• To get a better understanding of handlebars, I also read mustache docs
  • and the hapi api docs for views (and their tutorial)

Tutorial / Resources Feedback

• http://futurestud.io/blog/how-to-create-a-dynamic-handlebars-layout-template-in-hapijs/
  • An appreciated example, but a bit light on where to go from here, or how to achieve a slightly more complex example
    • an example with multiple pages would have been helpful (mostly to demonstrate best practices [structure] for multiple templates)
    • also, would like to see an example using partials