quick and dirty jquery templating

jquery templating

// render playlist of songs
var template = '<li/><a>{{title}} by {{artist}}</a></li>';
    context = [
         {title: 'Killing Me Softly', artist: 'Roberta Flack'},
         {title: 'Run Around Sue', artist: 'Dion'},
         {title: 'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow', artist: 'Shirelles'}
    ];

$('<ul/>', {text: 'songs'}).html(
    $.map(context, function(item){
        return $(template.replace(/{{(.*?)}}?/g, function($0, $1) {
             return item[$1];
        }))
    })
)