compile.js

// dust.js template pre-compilation

var template = dust.compile("Hello {name}!");

// compiles to this string:
// 
//  '(function() {
//    dust.register("demo", body_0);
//
//    function body_0(chk, ctx) {
//      return chk.write("Hello ").reference(ctx.get("name"), ctx, "h").write("!");
//    }
//    return body_0;
//  })();'
//
// This can easily be written to a file like hello.js

// Hogan.js template pre-compilation

var template = hogan.compile("Hello {name}!");

// Compiles to an object.
//
// { text: 'Hello {name}!', r: [Function] } }
//
// I can do template.r.toString() to write the function to a hello.js file,
// but the function calls inside this function depend on the HoganTemplate 
// prototype. And the reference to 'this' is lost, when extracting the function.
//
// Applying the right context manually

var render = template.r.toString();
render.apply(new HoganTemplate, [{name: "world"}]);

// This works, as the render function now has access to the "HoganTemplate" prototype
// but it seems a bit clumsy? Got any other ideas?