What is the difference between handlebar.js and handlebar.runtime.js?
I found that handlebar.runtime.js has no compile method. So I downloaded not the right version to just use the template engine. But what is the handlebar.runtime.js is for? It would be nicer that Download: runtime-1.0.0 would be more unnoticeable on the download page? Handlebars uses tags that look like {{this}} that can not be natively understood by the browser. In order for the browser to render these tags, they have to be compiled. Compilation can happen either before or after you load the page. To speed things up, you can precompile your templates. More info at the handlebars site . If you