Ember handlebars template precompilation

precompile.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import os

JS_FORMAT = """
Ember.TEMPLATES.%(name)s = Ember.Handlebars.compile('%(template)s');
"""

output = ''
# Get all templates with the name *.handlebars
for filename in os.listdir('.'):
  if filename.endswith('.handlebars'):
    name, extension = filename.split('.')
    template = file(filename, 'r')
    templateValue = template.read().replace('\n', '')
    # For each template, generate JavaScript code according to the format.
    output += JS_FORMAT % {'name': name, 'template': templateValue}

print output

IMO, this is not exactly precompilation. The template will still need to be compiled in the browser without performance benefit.