Ittay Dror wrote: > I was wondering if anyone has thought about making django's templating > system more in the concepts of wicket (there are other such templating > engines, this is the one i've used).
That's not going to happen, as you know by now. However, using any other templating system in Django is very easy (as is using Django templates elsewhere, by the way). > With wicket, the template is just a regular HTML with attribute that > identify snippets of HTML that need to be dynamically created. Then, the > backend code can substitute these snippets, usually by reusing them, and > injecting dynamic content. There are a number of Python templating systems that work like that, here are the ones I know of: ZPT - Zope Page Templates http://wiki.zope.org/ZPT/FrontPage Kid http://www.kid-templating.org/ Genshi http://genshi.edgewall.org/ Simple Template Language (STL) http://download.ikaaro.org/doc/itools/Chapter--STL.html Templess http://templess.johnnydebris.net/ Nevow XML templates http://divmod.org/trac/browser/trunk/Nevow/doc/txt/nevow-xml-templates.txt > The cool thing is that wicket templates contain no logic (nor loops or > conditions) and are valid HTML. So designers don't need to think in > logic and can design (and maintain) the templates in their favorite HTML > editor. I used to see it like you do, but I've come to the conclusion that this is a non-use case, basically wishful thinking. I never actually saw anyone working like that, never saw any WYSIWYG tool that reads, keeps intact, and writes back the needed attributes. Here's a deep and wide discussion about pros and cons of XML-based templates: Which Part of "No XML" Don't You Understand? http://www.artima.com/forums/threaded.jsp?forum=106&thread=146647 -- Nicola Larosa - http://www.tekNico.net/ The big SOAP boys are now admitting they f'd up big time. Let's see how they try to make a dime off of HTTP and other really open and already proven and relatively simple technologies. Good luck with that. [...] Isolating crap like SOAP and ultimately removing it are steps toward sanity and successful transition. -- Patrick Logan, January 2007 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
