Helm alternative for multiple If-Else conditions

Recently I was in a situation where I ended up writing multiple if-else statements in the helm template. As a result, the code block wasn’t clean, and I began to explore alternative ways to achieve the same behavior concisely.

Helm dict function perfectly fits my use case.

Before

{{- if eq .Values.imageType "java" }}
    name: openjdk:latest
{{- else if eq .Values.imageType "nodejs" }}
    name: nodejs:latest
{{- else if eq .Values.imageType "golang" }}
    name: golang:latest
{{- else if eq .Values.imageType "python" }}
    name: python:latest
{{- end }}

After

{{- $imageTypes := dict }}
{{- $_ := set $imageTypes "java" "openjdk:latest" }}
{{- $_ := set $imageTypes "nodejs" "nodejs:latest" }}
{{- $_ := set $imageTypes "python" "openjdk:latest" }}
{{- $_ := set $imageTypes "java" "openjdk:latest" }}
...
    name: {{ get $imageTypes .Values.imageType }}