We have almost removed all of lodash (#302) with the remaining piece being their template function. We still heavily use templates internally for built-in formats because it is more user friendly than pure Javascript functions and string templates. This issue will serve as discussion for how to proceed moving forward:
I like the simplicity of Nunjucks, it would be my preferred templates engine.
Nunjucks looks excellent to me for front end generation... I have no idea how it would do for code files instead of front end output, but I'm sure it could meet the needs of the task.
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I like the simplicity of Nunjucks, it would be my preferred templates engine.