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JavaScript template engine upgraded

I'm a big fan of separating the business logic and the presentation layer. This can be easily done by PHP, ROR, Java, etc. but when you try to do it in JavaScript it's not obvious how to do it, or which is the best way.

I've researched a lot on the topic and found two schools that is used by JS template libraries:
- Template language parsing
- Procedural approach
Both are great ways to generate, it only depends on your needs.

Here are some projects worth noting:

• JST - JavaScipt templates - Big and evolved library, Smarty like syntax, GPL
• SWATO - Very similar to the above, it's created for Java develpers. Example.
• Chain.js - a nice tutorial about this.
• PURE - this is a hybrid one and library free
• jTemplates - a jQuery plugin
• JTL - A Django template engine port

InfoVis JavaScript Toolkit for data visualisation

This is a big WOW for the developers: nice, elegant, clean animated graphs on the canvas tag. Check it out now.

Some features: Multiple built-in data display options, smooth animations, crossbrowser, open source, library free, feeds from JSON...

MooTools Forge

MooTools.net has a nice new feature, called Forge. It's a code repository for developers who are willing to share their MooTools based projects. At this time, it has only 36 scripts, but I'm sure, that this will be multiplied in a shot time, check AjaxRain.com for instance. It's a great collection of scripts, but it's uncontrolled.

What I like about MooTools Forge, is that they give you a guideline on how to publish you code. The first step is posting the project into GitHub, then you have to add a simple "yml" file to describe your package. You can even define the dependencies. Read more here.

It does 4 things at a time: provide documentation, example codes, demos and download opportunity. Official MooTools projects will be stored here also.