Hamlet is a template language whose goal is to reduce HTML syntax to the essential parts. # Syntax ``` html

Some paragraph.

Item 1
Item 2 ``` That Hamlet snippet is equivalent to: ``` html
Some paragraph.
- Item 1
- Item 2
``` see, it is just HTML! Designers love Hamlet because it is just HTML! Closing tags are inferred from whitespace. ## Details You can see the [original hamlet templating langauge](http://www.yesodweb.com/book/templates) and the [javascript port](hamlet: https://github.com/gregwebs/hamlet.js). This Hamlet works on top of [slim](https://github.com/stonean/slim/). Please take a look at the [slim documentation](http://slim-lang.com) if you are looking to see if a more advanced feature is supported. ## Difference with Slim The most important difference is that hamlet always uses angle brackets. Hamlet also does not require attributes to be quoted - unquoted is considered a normal html attribute value and quotes will automatically be added. Hamlet also uses a '#' for code comments and the normal