Kixx Templating
===============
A simple and robust markup and text templating system for JavaScript environments.

Created by Kris Walker 2023 - 2026.

Principles

- __No dependencies:__ A template engine is a low level primitive component which systems depend on and should NOT complicate matters by having dependencies itself.
- __Minimal:__ The scope of supported capabilities is kept intentionally small.

Environment Support
-------------------

| Env | Version |
|---------|------------|
| ECMA | >= ES2022 |
| Node.js | >= 16.13.2 |
| Deno | >= 1.0.0 |

This library is designed for use in an ES6 module environment requiring __Node.js >= 16.13.2__ or __Deno >= 1.0.0__. You could use it in a browser, but there are no plans to offer CommonJS or AMD modules. It targets at least ES2022 and uses the optional chaining operator ?..

Node.js >= 16.13.2 is required for ES6 module stabilization and ES2022 support.

__Note:__ There is no TypeScript here. It would be waste of time for a library as small as this.

Usage Documentation
-------------------
See the docs/ folder for comprehensive docs.

Build & Test Commands
---------------------

``bash


Run linting and all tests

npm test

Run linting only

npm run lint

Run tests only (without linting)

node ./test/run-tests.js
`

There is no build step - this is a pure ES module library.

Architecture
------------

Kixx Templating is a mustache-style templating engine with a three-phase compilation pipeline:

1. Tokenize (lib/tokenize.js) - Splits template source into tokens based on {{ }} delimiters and {{!-- --}} comments
2. Build Syntax Tree (lib/build-syntax-tree.js) - Parses tokens into an AST with node types: CONTENT, COMMENT, PATH_EXPRESSION, HELPER_EXPRESSION, BLOCK_OPEN, BLOCK_CLOSE, PARTIAL, ELSE
3. Create Render Function (lib/create-render-function.js`) - Transforms AST into an executable render function that accepts a context object

Copyright and License
---------------------
Copyright: (c) 2023 - 2026 by Kris Walker (www.kriswalker.me)

Unless otherwise indicated, all source code is licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE for details.