---
title: moe.compile
---
# moe.compile

The `compile` function takes a template string and compiles it to a function that can be invoked to
render the template output:

``` Javascript
function moe.compile(templateScript. [options])
```

* `templateScript` -  a string containing the template to be compiled
* `options` - optional compile options (see below)

The returned function is of the following form:

```javascript
function template(model [, context])
```

* `model` - the data to be passed to the model
* `context` - an optional object that will be passed to the template and to any partials



When you import moe-js, the returned object is the default instance of the MoeEngine class.  

```javascript
const moe = require('@toptensoftware/moe-js');
```

Although rarely necessary, you can create additional MoeEngine instances as follows:

```javascript
const moe = require('@toptensoftware/moe-js');
const moe2 = new moe.MoeEngine();
```