{{#if foo }}{{ foo}}{{/if}} is there a better way to check for value in handlebars.js? (Quiet Reference Notation)

Question

Is there a better way?

{{#if firstName }}  {{ firstName}}  {{/if}}
{{#if middleName }} {{ middleName}} {{/if}}
{{#if lastName }}   {{ lastName}}   {{/if}}

I often have missing data.

Answer 1

You can also use {{#with firstName}} {{this}} {{/with}}

Best way would be to save the name as an object {name:{first:'James', last:'Bond'}} and then:

{{#with name}}{{last}}, {{first}} {{last}}{{/with}}

Answer 2

With handlebars if the value is null or empty handlebars will spit out an empty string as Nick Kitto mentioned.

so just {{firstName}} {{middleName}} {{lastName}} would be fine. However, if the middle name were blank you'd end up with 2 spaces between the first and last name, that's about the only possible problem I can see.