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HTML partials purely client side. 4 lines of javascript + iframes. Works on Chrome, Firefox, IE7 to IE10. That's probably not new, but I find it pretty cool for small/medium projects.
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cheap-partials.js
// SUPER CHEAP TEMPLATES !
window.loadCheapPartial = function (event) {
var iframe=event.target || event.srcElement, div=document.createElement("div");
// using contentWindow.document instead of contentDocument for ie6/7 compatibility
div.innerHTML = iframe.contentWindow.document.body.innerHTML;
if (div.children.length == 1) div = div.children[0];
iframe.parentNode.replaceChild(div, iframe);
};
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index.html
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Cheap partials demo</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript" src="cheap-partials.js"></script>
<iframe src="my-partial.html" onload="loadCheapPartial(event)"></iframe>
<iframe src="my-other-partial.html" onload="loadCheapPartial(event)"></iframe>
</body>
</html>
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my-partial.html
<span>Yay, I can split my html code without having a big JS framework</span>
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