I am setting-up the server response of a query to couchbase and want to use handlerbars to render the response data.
I understand that the best practice is to have my helper functions into a separate file and not be embedded in a script tag in my html file.
My question is what is the best practice or technique to pass the data from the server response to my hanldbars helper file to then be manipulated?
I am using hapijs on the server and jQuery on the client.
Well I might be wrong, but following this example I found, it seems like you export the helper file like you would any other module with the module.exports
http://codyrushing.com/using-handlebars-helpers-on-both-client-and-server/
According to the API documentation for hapi the helper file must export a single method with the signature `function(context).
Helpers are functions used within templates to perform transformations and other data manipulations using the template context or other inputs. Each '.js' file in the helpers directory is loaded and the file name is used as the helper name. The files must export a single method with the signature function(context) and return a string. Sub-folders are not supported and are ignored. Defaults to no helpers support (empty path). Note that jade does not support loading helpers this way.
https://github.com/hapijs/hapi/blob/master/docs/Reference.md#route-options