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title: Compiling Templates
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# Compiling Templates

Before executing a template, you must first compile it.  

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

// Compile a template from a string
let template = moe.compile("<h1>{{model.name}}</h1>");
```

Or compile from a file (the template will be cached so subsequent calls will re-use the same template)

```javascript
moe.compileFile("myTemplate.moe", "UTF8", function(err, template) {

});
```

Or, do it synchronously

```javascript
let template = moe.compileFileSync("mytemplate.moe", "UTF8");
```

Or, using async/await:

```javascript
let template = await moe.compileFileAsync("mytemplate.moe", "UTF8");
```

Once you have a template, you can execute it:

```javascript
let html = template({ name: "Hello, from Moe-js"});
assert(html == "<h1>Hello, from Moe-js</h1>")
```