Which rendering/template engine should I use for node.js?

Question

Right now, I'm using jqtpl in my node's express. However, my coworker said that it took a lot of memory under load testing.

So:

1. Is it a problem with express or the rendering engine? is there any configuration (like view cache) I should do to reduce memory usage?

2. What is the characteristic of different rendering engine? eg jade, jqtpl, ejs...etc

Please advice.

Answer 1

Run the benchmarks using NODE_ENV=production , by using the development environment you have to load and compile the template each time.