I have started using mustache.js and so far I am very impressed. Although two things puzzle me. The first leads on to the second so bear with me.
My JSON
{"goalsCollection": [
{
"Id": "d5dce10e-513c-449d-8e34-8fe771fa464a",
"Description": "Multum",
"TargetAmount": 2935.9,
"TargetDate": "/Date(1558998000000)/"
},
{
"Id": "eac65501-21f5-f831-fb07-dcfead50d1d9",
"Description": "quad nomen",
"TargetAmount": 6976.12,
"TargetDate": "/Date(1606953600000)/"
}
]};
My handling function
function renderInvestmentGoals(collection) {
var tpl = '{{#goalsCollection}}<tr><td>{{Description}}</td><td>{{TargetAmount}}</td><td>{{TargetDate}}</td></tr>{{/goalsCollection}}';
$('#tblGoals tbody').html('').html(Mustache.to_html(tpl, collection));
}
Q1 As you can see my 'TargetDate' needs parsing but I am unsure of how to do that within my current function.
Q2 Say I wanted to perform some function or formatting on one or more of my objects before rendering, what is the best way of doing it?
You can use a "lambda"
"TargetDate": "/Date(1606953600000)/",
"FormatDate": function() {
return function(rawDate) {
return rawDate.toString();
}
}, ...
Then in the markup:
<td>
{{#FormatDate}}
{{TargetDate}}
{{/FormatDate}}
</td>
From the link:
When the value is a callable object, such as a function or lambda, the object will be invoked and passed the block of text. The text passed is the literal block, unrendered.