babel-template

> Generate an AST from a string template.

In computer science, this is known as an implementation of quasiquotes.

Install

``sh
npm install --save-dev babel-template
`

Usage

`js
import template from "babel-template";
import generate from "babel-generator";
import * as t from "babel-types";

const buildRequire = template(
var IMPORT_NAME = require(SOURCE);
);

const ast = buildRequire({
IMPORT_NAME: t.identifier("myModule"),
SOURCE: t.stringLiteral("my-module")
});

console.log(generate(ast).code);
`

`js
const myModule = require("my-module");
`

API

$3

#### code

Type: string

#### options

babel-template accepts all of the options from [babylon], and specifies
some defaults of its own:

* allowReturnOutsideFunction is set to true by default.
* allowSuperOutsideMethod is set to true by default.

##### preserveComments

Type: boolean
Default: false

Set this to true to preserve any comments from the code parameter.

#### Return value

babel-template returns a function` which is invoked with an optional object
of replacements. See the usage section for an example.

[babylon]: https://github.com/babel/babylon#options