Answers for "ejs tags"

ejs current year

<%= new Date().getFullYear();%>

ejs

npm install ejs	//install ejs in cmd

how to use ejs with client side ejs

<div id="output"></div>
<script src="ejs.min.js"></script>
<script>
  let people = ['geddy', 'neil', 'alex'],
      html = ejs.render('<%= people.join(", "); %>', {people: people});
  // With jQuery:
  $('#output').html(html);
  // Vanilla JS:
  document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = html;
</script>

ejs tags

// from https://ejs.co/#about
// EJS tags

<% //'Scriptlet' tag, for control-flow, no output

<%_ //‘Whitespace Slurping’ Scriptlet tag, strips all whitespace before it

<%= //Outputs the value into the template (HTML escaped)

<%- //Outputs the unescaped value into the template

<%# //Comment tag, no execution, no output

<%% //Outputs a literal '<%'

%> //Plain ending tag

-%> //Trim-mode ('newline slurp') tag, trims following newline

_%> //‘Whitespace Slurping’ ending tag, removes all whitespace after it
  
// use in your 'list.ejs' file which needs to be in a 'views' folder

   <% if(userName === "bob" || userName === "jane"){ %>
        <h1 style="color: purple"><%= myUserNames %></h1>
    <% } else { %>
        <h1 style="color: blue"><%= myUserNames %></h1>
    <% } %>
      
// link app.js to list.ejs and passing data
      
  // it looks for 'list' in the 'views' folder
  res.render("list", { myUserNames: "bob" });