Is there a better way to reuse templates than renderTemplate?

[ma...@tplus1.com]

Hi --

I have a bunch of code that looks vaguely like this:

    self.open_edit_modal = function () {

    

        ko.renderTemplate(

            "edit-bundle-modal",

            self,

            {},

            $("#my-modal")[0]);

            

        $("#my-modal").modal("show");                     

    };  

In other words, I have a bunch of places in my webapp that load a named template defined in a script tag and then render it.

There's hardly any documentation at all on renderTemplate.  Is that because we're not really supposed to use it?  Is there a more conventional way of loading a named template and then rendering it?

Why isn't renderTemplate better documented?

Matt

PS: I <3 knockout

[marto...@gmail.com]

Hi,

I'm using it from Html data-bind.

[Rachel Silver]

Take a peak at https://github.com/ifandelse/Knockout.js-External-Template-Engine or look ahead to knockout 3.2 with components - http://www.knockmeout.net/2014/06/knockout-3-2-preview-components.html

[Bart Breen]

+1 for Knockout components as they are pretty unobtrusive and will allow you to integrate them with your existing code