What's the use of Jade or Handlebars when writing AngularJs apps

Question

I am new(ish) to the whole javascript full stack applications, and completely new to Angular, so I was hoping somebody can put the record straight for me here.

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Answer 1

The accepted answer is somewhat one-sided and neglects the fact that any setup of pre-compiler for HTML has a great use for ANY kind of HTML project: Composition and resulting markup flexibility.

Working alone on an angular app? Give Jade a try.

Jade improves your ability to modularize HTML, decreases the ammount of time you spent on debugging HTML and also encourages building markup inventories.

During design time there can be an awful amount of iteration on HTML parts. If HTML output is based on a set of jade files, it's easy for the team to act flexible on changing requirements. Also, changing the markup via re-composing jade includes is significantly more robust than re-writing pure HTML.

That being said, i recognize the general aversion towards mixing angular with jade in production or development stage. Introducing another required set of syntax knowledge is a bad idea for most teams and the use of jade might hide inefficient project management by abstracting away some work that would be prohibited by DRY principles (e.g. being lazy on markup preparation)