Templating variables as html data-* attributes?

[Joel Beasley]

I have a rails app that currently uses Liquid template to generate reports that can then be edited in a WYSIWYG editor by a user.

Now, the need has come up to keep the variables within the generated/editable html report in sync with changes from the application; and since {{money}} has been converted to $1,000 I have lost track of this information and have no ability to update it.

My first idea is to use html tags so I can "reprocess" the html and update accordingly.

Ex: <section data-variable="money"></section> instead of {{money}}

Has anyone done something like this before, or do you know of any projects out there or a different strategy?

Any information is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Joel

[Bryan Powell]

You might look at Pakyow (https://pakyow.org) for inspiration. It's built around this very idea, using data-scope and data-prop to represent types and attributes of application data in the html view. This knowledge is used for both initial rendering and subsequent updates as application state changes. Disclaimer: I wrote Pakyow and am one of its core maintainers.

Bryan P.

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