Overview

FET is a golang template engine that translates smarty-like template code into golang html/template. The name FET stands for Friendly, Easily for Template code. While the official golang package html/template is a fully functional template engine, it has some defects in terms of user experience, and FET aims to improve upon these issues.

Features

• Expression logics
• Use include with defined variable scopes
• Use extends to inherit base template with defined variable scopes
• Limited support for for and capture

Installation

To install the FET template engine, you can follow these steps:

1. Install the FET package using the following command:

go get github.com/fetlang/fet

2. Import the FET package in your Go code:

import "github.com/fetlang/fet"

3. Use the FET template engine by creating a new instance:

fet := fet.New(nil)

4. Compile a template file using the Compile method:

result, err := fet.Compile("template.tpl", false)

5. Display the rendered HTML code using the Display method:

err := fet.Display("template.tpl", data, output)

Summary

FET is a golang template engine that aims to improve upon the user experience of the official html/template package. It provides features such as expression logics, variable scopes, and support for inheritance and loops. By using FET, developers can easily translate smarty-like template code into golang html/templates.