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HAML vs Slim Lang: What are the differences?
What is HAML? HTML Abstraction Markup Language - A Markup Haiku. Haml is a markup language that’s used to cleanly and simply describe the HTML of any web document, without the use of inline code. Haml functions as a replacement for inline page templating systems such as PHP, ERB, and ASP. However, Haml avoids the need for explicitly coding HTML into the template, because it is actually an abstract description of the HTML, with some code to generate dynamic content.
What is Slim Lang? Template language whose goal is reduce the syntax to the essential parts without becoming cryptic. Slim is a template language whose goal is to reduce the view syntax to the essential parts without becoming cryptic. It started as an exercise to see how much could be removed from a standard html template (<, >, closing tags, etc...). As more people took an interest in Slim, the functionality grew and so did the flexibility of the syntax.
HAML belongs to "Languages" category of the tech stack, while Slim Lang can be primarily classified under "Templating Languages & Extensions".
"Clean and simple" is the top reason why over 66 developers like HAML, while over 10 developers mention "Easier to type and maintain than haml" as the leading cause for choosing Slim Lang.
HAML and Slim Lang are both open source tools. Slim Lang with 4.83K GitHub stars and 472 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than HAML with 3.43K GitHub stars and 544 GitHub forks.
Pros of HAML
- Clean and simple68
- No html open/close tags49
- Easier to write than ERB39
- Forces clean and readable code36
- Simpler markup language34
- Open Source24
- HTML Templating16
- You'll love it if you like Haikus1
Pros of Slim Lang
- Easier to type and maintain than haml13
- Very clean and logical12
- Integrates with Rails by installing a single gem9
- Performs better than haml8
- Concise4
- Extensive package support in sublime text 2 and 33
- Atom package support1
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Cons of HAML
- It's not Pug3
Cons of Slim Lang
- Not so good editor support2
- Overcomplicated syntax1
- Lots of syntactic corner cases1
- Easy to break nesting when reindenting or copy-pasting1
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