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JavaScript Express Basics Using Templates with Express What is Pug?

Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
15,053 Points
Posted by Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
15,053 Points

Is it worth it to learn Pug (a JS templating language) in light of various frameworks?

This is a subjective question for sure, but in light of Vue, React, Angular, etc, is learning Pug (or other templating languages) something even worth doing?

I know Vue uses the mustache syntax {{variable}}. I presume React and Angular do something similar.

For anyone who has been doing this for a while, what are your thoughts?

I'll probably learn it for the sake of the course, but not sure if I should continue learning this in my own time or not.

Thanks for everyone's input!

2 Answers

Liam Clarke
Liam Clarke
19,938 Points

Hi Kevin

Pug is still a viable option yes and is also good to get hands-on with the use of data.

I wouldn't say its comparable with the others that you mentioned though as it is dependant on your project your working on.

For example: I use pug within my team with hexo for a static site that populates an internal styleguide for a front end framework, we use pug because it is very easy to use and doesn't require much knowledge outside of native javascript.

However, I also use Angular within my team for certain web apps as the tooling for angular fits the project better.

So depending on your goals, project requirements and your interests would depend if I recommend you use it or not.

My opinion would be to learn it but don't spend too much time on it, as mentioned above, pug closely resembles native javascript in many ways so once you have a basic understanding, start learning more complex frameworks like Angular, React, etc

Good Luck

Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
15,053 Points
Kevin Gates
Kevin Gates
15,053 Points

Thank you for your input. Very helpful. I appreciate the examples also.

jlampstack
jlampstack
23,932 Points
jlampstack
jlampstack
23,932 Points

At the time of this post (Jun 15, 2020) handlebars.js is the most popular according to npmtrends.com

https://www.npmtrends.com/pug-vs-handlebars-vs-ejs-vs-mustache-vs-nunjucks-vs-etc-vs-hogan.js-vs-dust-vs-swig

Tyler McDonald
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Tyler McDonald
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Tyler McDonald
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Tyler McDonald
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jlampstack, that's a great point. I didn't even realize how much the information presented has changed. I just compared pug with handlebars on npm website, and according to just the weekly downloads, handlebars is downloaded 8 times more often than pug!