Partials template in underscore (just like in handlebars)?

Question

I have a backbone model like this

var PeopleModel = Backbone.Model.extend({
defaults: {              
    \"people\": [
          { \"username\": \"alan\", \         


        

Answer 1

I think this is similar to Dave's answer, but perhaps requiring less code:

function partialTemplate(origTemplate, partialValues){
    return function(values){
        return origTemplate(_.defaults(values, partialValues));
    };
}

Example usage:

var t = _.template('<%= val1 %>,<%= val2 %>'); // original template requiring 2 values
var pt = partialTemplate(t, {val1:1}); // partial template with 1 value pre-populated
pt({val2:2}); // returns '1,2'
pt({val2:3}); // returns '1,3'