ReferenceError: JST is not defined in Sails.js - sails.js

Question

I have an ejs javascript template in:
/assets/linker/template
I changed the line in gruntfile.js from:
linker/**/*.html to linker/**/*.ejs
I have underscore.js in:
assets/linker/js
But when I try:
JST['assets/linker/templates/addUser.ejs']( obj ) from app.js
I get this error in the console:
ReferenceError: JST is not defined
Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

Answer 1

I had the same problem. I solved it by manually linking JST into my index.ejs file.
so I just added
<script type="text/javascript" src="/jst.js"></script>
where I load my javascripts in sailsProject>views>home>index.ejs.
Not pretty, as the linker should do the job, but for now it works.
cheers

Answer 2

The Pipeline
The template files that are injected are specified in tasks/pipeline.js
The default is set to:
var templateFilesToInject = ['templates/**/*.html']
Files in assets/templates (or any subdirectory) with the .html file extension are injected.
Also check out the JST task in tasks/config/jst.js. It takes the template files to inject (from pipeline.js) and precompiles them into a file called jst.js.
Only once these other tasks have completed does the sails-linker begin its task. tasks/config/sails-linker.js takes the jst.js that was generated by the JST task and includes it into the template start and template end tag in .tmp/public/index.html, views/**/*.html, and views/**/*.ejs.
So the default pipeline for client-side templates is:
Precompile templates/**/*.html into jst.js
Include jst.js in index.html, views/**/*.html, and views/**/*.ejs between <!--TEMPLATES--> and <!--TEMPLATES END-->
Customization Examples
All of this default configuration can be changed to suit your needs. For example, to have templates with a different extension or multiple extensions edit the templateFilesToInject in tasks/pipeline.js:
let templateFilesToInject = [
'vendor/templates/vendor_template.html',
'templates/**/*.ejs',
'templates/**/*.html'
]
Or to only inject templates on specific views if they have the comment <!--TPL--><!--END TPL-->, edit the devTpl config in tasks/config/sails-linker.js:
// Bring in JST template object
devTpl: {
options: {
startTag: '<!--TPL-->',
endTag: '<!--END TPL-->',
fileTmpl: '<script type="text/javascript" src="%s"></script>',
appRoot: '.tmp/public'
},
files: {
'views/that/use/templates/**/*.ejs': [
'.tmp/public/jst.js'
]
}
}