Slim Template LanguageWhat is Slim Lang?
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.
Slim Lang is a tool in the Templating Languages & Extensions category of a tech stack.
Slim Lang Pros & Cons
Pros of Slim Lang
- ✓Easier to type and maintain than haml
- ✓Very clean and logical
- ✓Integrates with Rails by installing a single gem
- ✓Performs better than haml
- ✓Concise
- ✓Extensive package support in sublime text 2 and 3
- ✓Atom package support
Cons of Slim Lang
- ✗Not so good editor support
- ✗Easy to break nesting when reindenting or copy-pasting
- ✗Lots of syntactic corner cases
- ✗Overcomplicated syntax
Slim Lang Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Slim Lang?
TypeScript
TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript development. It's a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript.
Handlebars.js
Handlebars.js is an extension to the Mustache templating language created by Chris Wanstrath. Handlebars.js and Mustache are both logicless templating languages that keep the view and the code separated like we all know they should be.
Smarty
Facilitating the separation of presentation (HTML/CSS) from application logic. This implies that PHP code is application logic, and is separated from the presentation
Mustache
Mustache is a logic-less template syntax. It can be used for HTML, config files, source code - anything. It works by expanding tags in a template using values provided in a hash or object. We call it "logic-less" because there are no if statements, else clauses, or for loops. Instead there are only tags. Some tags are replaced with a value, some nothing, and others a series of values.
