Re: HTML Template Comparison Sheet ETA

[Perrin Harkins]

Sam Tregar wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 4 Sep 2000, Perrin Harkins wrote:
> 
> > Embedded perl is absolutely the best answer sometimes, but don't
> > underestmate the value of turning your example into this:
> >
> > [% FOREACH thing = list %]
> >   <a href="[% thing.url %]"><b>[% thing.name %]</b></a>
> > [% END %]
> 
> That isn't really much better, in my opinion.  It's still too much of a
> departure from the HTML around it.  Contrast the above to HTML::Template's
> looping:
> 
>   <TMPL_LOOP list>
>      <a href="<TMPL_VAR url>"><b><TMPL_VAR name></b></A>
>   </TMPL_LOOP>
> 
> With a little education an HTML designer can learn to manipulate the
> template syntax.  You'll have to teach them to program before they can
> deal with a full "foreach" no matter how you dress it up.

I happened to use the default syntax of Template Toolkit as an example,
although that can also be simplified like this:

[% FOREACH list %]
  <a href="[% url %]"><b>[% name %]</b></a>
[% END %]

My point though was just that taglib-based systems like Template Toolkit
and HTML::Template can be easier for some people to work with.

- Perrin