Code snippets for http://ryanfunduk.com/simple-partials

1.html

<div id="footer">
  This site is Copyright &copy; 2008 - blah, blah, blah
</div>

2.html

<div id="footer"><%= partial 'footer' %></div>

3.rb

require 'erb'

def write_output( filename, result )
  filename = filename.split( '/' ).last
  File.open( filename, 'wb' ).write( result )
  puts "WROTE     : #{filename}"
end

def partial( name )
  filename = "sources/#{name}.partial"

  if File.exists? filename
    puts "LOADED    : #{name}.partial"
    File.open( filename, 'rb' ).read.chomp
  else
    puts "ERROR     : #{filename}"
  end
end

task :build do
  sources = FileList["sources/*.*"].exclude( "sources/*.partial" )

  sources.each do |f|
    puts "\nCOMPILING : #{f}"
    page = ERB.new( File.open( f, 'rb' ).read )
    write_output f, page.result
  end
end

task :default => [ :build ]

4.txt

COMPILING : sources/simple-partials.html
LOADED    : 1.html.partial
LOADED    : 2.html.partial
LOADED    : 3.rb.partial
LOADED    : 4.txt.partial
WROTE     : simple-partials.html