intro.js

//whitespaces added for clarification
module.exports = (function(){
    dust.register("intro",body_0);

    function body_0(chk,ctx){
        return chk.write("Hello ").reference(ctx._get(false, ["name"]),ctx,"h").write("!");
    }

    return body_0;
})();

readTemplateFromDiskAndRender.js

var dust = require('dustjs-linkedin');

var templateName = 'intro';

// this adds intro to dust.cache
require('./' + templateName);


dust.render('intro', {name:'fooooo'}, function(error, result) {
    console.log(result);
});