ejs tags

1<%= new Date().getFullYear();%>

1npm install ejs	//install ejs in cmd

1<div id="output"></div>
2<script src="ejs.min.js"></script>
3<script>
4  let people = ['geddy', 'neil', 'alex'],
5      html = ejs.render('<%= people.join(", "); %>', {people: people});
6  // With jQuery:
7  $('#output').html(html);
8  // Vanilla JS:
9  document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = html;
10</script>

1// from https://ejs.co/#about
2// EJS tags
3
4<% //'Scriptlet' tag, for control-flow, no output
5
6<%_ //‘Whitespace Slurping’ Scriptlet tag, strips all whitespace before it
7
8<%= //Outputs the value into the template (HTML escaped)
9
10<%- //Outputs the unescaped value into the template
11
12<%# //Comment tag, no execution, no output
13
14<%% //Outputs a literal '<%'
15
16%> //Plain ending tag
17
18-%> //Trim-mode ('newline slurp') tag, trims following newline
19
20_%> //‘Whitespace Slurping’ ending tag, removes all whitespace after it
21  
22// use in your 'list.ejs' file which needs to be in a 'views' folder
23
24   <% if(userName === "bob" || userName === "jane"){ %>
25        <h1 style="color: purple"><%= myUserNames %></h1>
26    <% } else { %>
27        <h1 style="color: blue"><%= myUserNames %></h1>
28    <% } %>
29      
30// link app.js to list.ejs and passing data
31      
32  // it looks for 'list' in the 'views' folder
33  res.render("list", { myUserNames: "bob" });