Using Jade templates in Backbone.js

Question

I love the HAML-like syntax of Jade\'s templating engine in Node.js, and I would love to use it client-side within Backbone.js.

I\'ve seen Backbone commonly using Un

Answer 1

You won't get the full power of Jade templates, but you can hack it a bit to get jade to properly output underscore templates, the key is preventing jade from escaping the <%> tags with the ! operator, like so:

script#dieTemplate(type='text/template')
    .die(class!='value-<%= value %>')
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