HTM

This library is a suite of functions to produce HTML from configuration objects. while there is no reason not to use static markup if you have settled into a specific pattern, if you want your markup to vary dynamically, this library can be a useful ways to assemble nodes. This is very much a "work in process" but I hope that someone doing a simiar dynamic HTML library might find the source useful.

Functions ($.fn.htm. ...)

tag(name, options)

a single "<" .. ">" expression. This function DOES NOT render a complete DOM node - you have to call it TWICE to include the close tag. Also all the other functions listed respond to the following options since they all decorate this function.
options: an object with one or more of the following properties:

• class(optional): the name of the tag's class
• id(optional): the name of the tag's id
• props(optional): an array of name/value objects as in (for, say, a textarea tag): [ {name: 'rows', value: 3}, {name: 'cols', value: 40}, {name: 'style', value: 'font-family: "Courier New",monospace'} ]
• end(optional): include the '/' after the OPENING caret to create a closure tag (such as </textarea>).
• close(optional): include the '/' before the CLOSING caret to create a close tag (such as <img />).

link(options):

an "a" tag, hyperlinking a block of text to an external page.
options:

• href: the URI of the target. can be omittted for anchor.
• body: The content to be linked. 

row(options):

A table row.
options:

• row_class: The name of the class attached to the <tr> tag.
• cells: an array of cells (see the _cell_map api below).

_cell_map(options):

An internal function that renders the cells of the row() function above.
options:

• type(optional): td or th, default = td
• body: The content of the cell. 

div(options):

a div node, with included body. This function is a good prototype for any
options: 

• body: The content of the div.