Actually, embperl can localize and segment the programers from the
html editors.
Just use modules
Ruben
>
> I have to chime in a little (also noting that we have drifted a bit
> off the original topic...)
>
> While working for a large company as the Chief Architect for the web
> group I was faced with the same need to investigate template options
> - within the discussion of Build or Buy. And yes, JSP (and ATG
> Dynamo) were on the list of potential buy options.
>
> I took a novel approach: Since I am an engineer, and can only really
> think like one, I _asked_ the web designers, and the web technicians,
> and the programming and management staff what their needs were. I'll
> summarize as briefly as I can below:
>
> o The designers do not like any template structure that uses the
> angle bracket notation <foo>. It makes some wysiwyg editors unhappy
> to see foreign tags, and in the current race to HTML4.0 strict, new
> tags make the validation tools (which have to be applied
> pre-template-parsing, of course) unhappy.
>
> o There are actually 3 groups involved, and separation of function
> as much as possible allows the three groups to work independently on
> a project without requiring concurrent editing of the same file.
>
> - HTML coders
> - Behavior (the perl or java code)
> - Resources (pulling in images or other referenced objects)
>
> With the templating options discussed so far, you tie the HTML
> coders and the perl/java coders to editing the same file. Separation
> of these two is really key, according to those I asked. The Project
> Managers like the separation too.
>
> o Don't forget localization. None of the existing products that we were
> able to look at handled localization of templates. Localization must
> be handled by HTTP accept headers and/or manual overriding.
>
> o Virtual hosts are real, and template reuse, especially across VHs,
> while allowing for VH specific customization (driven by the perl/java
> or configuration) is a nicety.
>
>
> We ended up developing our own solution, using mod_perl. By the way,
> performance tested against ATG's Dynamo, it performed 500 - 700%
> faster.
>
> FWIW.
>
>
