Pug (previously Jade) Review

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Pros

Pro
Clean syntax

One of the distinguishing features of Jade is its clean syntax. Elements are created with CSS selector syntax which makes the template consistent with your style sheet and JavaScript element selector library.

Pro
Allows writing inline JavaScript

Jade allows embedding regular JavaScript code directly within the template.

Pro
Reuse code in other langauges

In addition to JavaScript, you can reuse Jade templates in Scala, PHP, Ruby, Python and Java.

Cons

Con
Unforgiving in case of indentation errors

The structure is entirely determined by the indentation. That means that indentation errors will ruin the end result, often without an easy way to find the error. Indentation errors are easily introduced by copy-pasting, by rearranging code and by working in a team where not everyone uses the same indentation style. (E.g tabs vs. spaces.)