I have many html.slim files that I would like to convert into html.erb files since I am not familiar with the slim syntax. Is there a converter for slim to erb?
I found a converter for html to slim that has the functionality I am looking for but it does not do slim to erb. http://html2slim.herokuapp.com/
Use Slim::ERBConverter from slim itself , there is also a command-line tool slimrb, see http://rdoc.info/gems/slim/frames for more documentation.
try the slimrb utility...
slimrb --erb html.slim
They are both templating engines and they have different functionality.
I doubt there will ever be any kind of such a converter, because it is very complex task that requires "understanding in higher level" of the context, "understanding" why something is made in one template and recreating the same thing in another template engine. There is a reason why programmers will not likely be replaced anytime soon by AI - because it is hard to write a code that "understands in higher level" another code.
I do not see more than a few cases one should need such tool. Such tool would need to support both language functions, but they are not fully compatible (there are stuff, that exists in one, and is not available in another, and visa-versa).
To answer your original question, how you can convert slim to erb, my answer is, that you need to learn both languages and do it manually.
My suggestion is that you learn the one you are planning to use and stick with it (My suggestion would be ERB). If you are newbie, don't jump on different engines, stick with one, learn it to the bone and then, after years of experience, try doing the same or doing better with other engines.
