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Getting started

In order to use Jinja2Cpp in your project you have to:

• Clone the Jinja2Cpp repository
• Build it according with the instructions
• Link with your project.

Usage of Jinja2Cpp in the code is pretty simple:

1. Declare the jinja2::Template object: jinja2::Template tpl;

2. Populate it with template: tpl.Load("{{'Hello World' }}!!!");

3. Render the template: std::cout << tpl.RenderAsString(jinja2::ValuesMap{}) << std::endl;

and get: Hello World!!!

That's all!

The render procedure is stateless, so you can perform several renderings simultaneously in different threads. Even if you pass parameters:

Parameters could have the following types:

• std::string/std::wstring
• integer (int64_t)
• double
• boolean (bool)
• Tuples (also known as arrays)
• Dictionaries (also known as maps)

Tuples and dictionaries can be mapped to the C++ types. So you can smoothly reflect your structures and collections into the template engine.