I am writing a couple of class methods to build up several lines of html. Some of the lines are conditional and most need variables inserted in them. Searching the web has given me a few ideas. Each has its pro's and cons.
The best I have come up with is: def output_header_js(self, jquery=True, theme=None): if self.static_path is None : return None if jquery is True: output = '"<script type="text/javascript" ' output += 'src="/%s/jquery/jqueryui.js"></script>'% static output += '"<script type="text/javascript" ' output += 'src="/%s/jquery/jquery.js"></script>'% static if theme is not None: output += '<link href="/%s/jtable/themes/%s/jtable.css" '% static, theme output += 'rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />' output += '"<script type="text/javascript" ' output += 'src="/%s/jtable/jquery.jtable.js"></script>' % "static" I realize that a lot of the above looks repetitive but it is designed to eliminate boilerplate HTML. I have another method that will build some javascript that looks like this: $('#StudentTableContainer').jtable({ title: 'The Student List', paging: true, //Enable paging pageSize: 10, //Set page size (default: 10) sorting: true, //Enable sorting defaultSorting: 'Name ASC', //Set default sorting actions: { listAction: '/Demo/StudentList', deleteAction: '/Demo/DeleteStudent', updateAction: '/Demo/UpdateStudent', createAction: '/Demo/CreateStudent' }, fields: { StudentId: { key: true, create: false, edit: false, list: false }, Name: { title: 'Name', width: '23%' }, EmailAddress: { title: 'Email address', list: false }, ... Almost every line in this code will require variable insertion or if statements. Any thoughts on how to improve this? Thanks in advance. Chris -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list