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Jade > HAML… or why I use Jade more than I ever used HAML
Years later the landscape has definitely shifted. It’s not just about writing human readable code. It’s about semantic markup and accessibility compliance. These shorthand languages provide a system for reducing hacks in the markup and provide templates for a larger application.
It’s 2014 and I’m looking at Jade as a shorthand HTML markup language and… well… I actually like using it. The syntax is very much like HAML but I find it so much more digestible. Why? Probably because it writes like JavaScript and not Ruby. I spend a lot of time in JavaScript land so the syntax just works for me. There’s no % all over the place.
doctype html
html(lang="en")
head
title="selino"
link(rel='stylesheet', href='index.css')
body
#container.flex-con
p Item 1
p Item 2
p Item 3
p Item 4
p Item 5
p Item 6
p Item 7
p Item 8
p Item 1
p Item 2
p Item 3
p Item 4
p Item 5
p Item 6
p Item 7
p Item 8
script(src="js/reload.js")
script(src="js/prefixfree.min.js")
The real sell for me was the ability to throw JS conditionals into the mix. I love JavaScript so it feels like home.
if youAreUsingJade
p You are amazing
else
p Get on it!