Cool, I will definitely look further into this. Time to google...
--Jauder
On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, Kip Hampton wrote:
> Jauder Ho wrote:
>
> <snip>
> > XML+XSLT is an interesting combination
> > but integrating that into a dynamic generator (perl based or other) is
> > going to be nontrivial to say the very least. Is there anyone interested
> > in exploring this?
> </snip>
>
> Most of the hard work for this has been done by our own lovely and
> talented Matt Sergeant by providing native support for Perl XSP in
> AxKit. You add <myns:function param="stuff"/> to your XML and XSP does
> &function($param) and whatever else behind the scenes. Okay, so you have
> to write the taglib to make this happen, but once it's done it's done
> and you're *ML folks never have to deal with code at any level. And,
> while adding new taglibs is not exactly trivial, it certainly isn't
> rocket science, either.
>
> IMHO, XML+yourfavoritetransformer(s) is the answer to separating the
> three worlds of code, content and design. Yes, we all want lighting
> fast, dynamic, reusable widgets for our Web apps. I'm just becoming
> increasingly convinced that HTML is one possible *output* of such a
> system, not it's basic building block.
> </soapbox>
>
> -kip
> --
> "In this world you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.
> Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant."
>
> --Elwood P. Dowd
>
>
