Sending the variables to the compiler
Defining all of your variables inside your templates would be pretty limiting, so there are a few ways in which we can send data from external sources to templates.
Compiler arg
The easiest way to send data to the Jade compiler is by just providing it in a JSON object that gets passed to the compiler as an argument, as shown in the following steps:
In
file.jade, enter the following:p= my_content
Run the following command in the terminal:
jade file.jade --obj '{"my_content":"this text is coming through the terminal"}'We can see the result in
file.html:<p>this text is coming through the terminal</p>
Programmatically
Sending variables to Jade programmatically is a bit harder, but offers more flexibility, such as being able to render within the browser. So, using the same initial file (file.jade) perform the following steps:
Run the following command in the terminal:
jade file.jade --no-debug --client
And we can see the following result in
file.js...
