JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

by Chase Wilson

HTML

<div id="result"></div>
<script id="tmpl" type="text/template">
    <%=$this.get('name')%>
</script>

JavaScript

(function(){
  var cache = {};
  
  this.tmpl = function tmpl(str, data){
    // Figure out if we're getting a template, or if we need to
    // load the template - and be sure to cache the result.
    var fn = !/\W/.test(str) ?
      cache[str] = cache[str] ||
        tmpl(document.getElementById(str).innerHTML) :
      
      // Generate a reusable function that will serve as a template
      // generator (and which will be cached).
      new Function("obj",
        "var p=[],print=function(){p.push.apply(p,arguments);};" +
        
        // Introduce the data as local variables using with(){}
        "with(obj){p.push('" +
        
        // Convert the template into pure JavaScript
        str
          .replace(/[\r\t\n]/g, " ")
          .split("<%").join("\t")
          .replace(/((^|%>)[^\t]*)'/g, "$1\r")
          .replace(/\t=(.*?)%>/g, "',$1,'")
          .split("\t").join("');")
          .split("%>").join("p.push('")
          .split("\r").join("\\'")
      + "');}return p.join('');");
    
    // Provide some basic currying to the user
    return data ? fn( data ) : fn;
  };
})();


$('result').set('html', tmpl($('tmpl').get('text'),{
    "$this":{
        name:"Chase",
        get:function(key){
          return this[key];
        }
    }
}));