Glossary
General concepts for building templates
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General concepts for building templates
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Document builder
The environment in which the documents/templates are created.
Form
List of all steps and fields, is on the left side of a template.
If-statement
An if/then condition. If X, then Y
Mustaches
To dynamically create a document, mustaches {{ }}
are used. To make a field editable in the text, the name of the field must be covered by two mustaches on both sides: {{ field }}
. Without mustaches, the fields are not usable.
Operator
A symbol that is used with variables to perform various functions. Think of arithmetic or logical functions. The most commonly used operators are explained below:
Arithmetic operators
+
Add
-
Subtract
*
Multiply
/
Divide
Comparison operators
==
is equal to
!=
is not equal to
>
is greater than
<
is smaller than
>=
is greater than or > equal to
<=
is smaller than or > equal to
Logical operators
&&
AND ("and")
||
OR ("or")
!
NOT ("not")
String operators
With the plus symbol (+
), we can combine two strings.
For example:
text1 = "Two strings "
text2 = "combined"
text3 = text1 + text2
The content of variable text 3 is now: "Two strings combined"
.
Programming
Term for making pieces of text in a template dynamic.
Template
A template is a digitized document.
Text
The text is understood to mean the text of a template and is to the right of the form.
User
The user is understood to mean the end user of the software.