lua-template
The simplest Lua HTML template engine in just a few lines of code
Installation
luarocks install template
Compiling templates
Templates can be compiled by either running
templatec template.tpl -o template.lua
nor by passing a string to template.compile.
Syntax
In short, Lua expressions must be included between percent signs and Lua statements must be placed beetween question marks.
Variables and expressions
Variables and expressions without HTML escaping
Loops
for i = 1, 3 do ?>
item #end ?>
Conditional
if 1 > 2 then ?>
Impossible!
else ?>
That's right!
end ?>
Template inclusion
Templates are compiled to a general Lua file and hence can be loaded by require statement:
Evaluating templates
template.print takes three arguments: template function, a table with variables passed to the template and optionally a callback function, which handles string printing (print is used by default).
Compressing templates
template.compile has an optional minify argument and templatec has -m option.