Jquery Handlebars Rendering Extension

Jquery Handlebars Extension

/*
* Requires Jquery and Handlebars
* Render a template by passing in data and prepend or replace a container in your DOM.
* return DOM object so you can chain subsequent actions.
* Example: 
* $("#main-stage").renderTemplate("template-id", dataDict);
* OR
* $("#main-stage").renderTemplate("template-id", dataDict).fadeIn("fast");
*/
jQuery.fn.extend({
        renderTemplate: function (templateName, data, insertType) {
            var source   = $("#" + templateName).html();
            var template = Handlebars.compile(source);
            var html = template(data);
            if (insertType === "prepend"){
              $(this).prepend(html);
            } else {
              $(this).html(html);
            }
            return this;
        }
});