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by tristan_juricek 4688 days ago
The RequireJS plugin system is really useful.

Alex Sexton's handlebars plugin is a great example of what sets this apart: https://github.com/SlexAxton/require-handlebars-plugin

- The javaScript code only sees the compiled template function

- Handlebars partials and helpers are automatically discovered and registered as needed

- The optimizer can be used to precompile all template code, makes for fast page loads

I've been using this with an i18n solution that folds in the MessageFormat.js project as well, which makes for a nice pluralization system even if you don't need true localization.