Tristan,

You can export tiddlers to the JSON format.

This could open up a workflow where the JSON could be used by a framework
of your choice to deliver a static website

best wishes

Alex

On 7 April 2016 at 11:26, Tristan Kohl <kohltris...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jeremy,
>
> thank you for your explanation, this helped me a lot. I also figured it
> could correlate with TWC but thought there might be some performance
> reasons for choosing the HTML method over JSON.
> I will keep digging into TiddlyWiki and look forward to learn more about
> JavaScript so one day I can do something with my knowlege :)
>
> Cheers
> Tristan
>
> Am Mittwoch, 6. April 2016 15:49:27 UTC+2 schrieb Jeremy Ruston:
>>
>> Hi Tristan
>>
>> I got a little deeper look into TiddlyWiki and came to wonder why the
>> storage of Tiddlers is implemented the way it is. As I understand it every
>> Tiddler is a single <div> which are all stored in the "Tiddler Area". But
>> since every Tiddler is a object with its own properties ("created",
>> "author", etc.), wouldn't it be a logic decision to keep them as JavaScript
>> objects and store everything as a big JSON string in the storage area so we
>> do not need to parse it back again?
>>
>>
>> The serialisation format of tiddlers with the standalone HTML file is
>> indeed as a bunch of DIVs with custom attributes. The origin of the format
>> was TiddlyWiki Classic back in 2004 (before JSON was discovered).
>> Technically, it would be quite easy to change the format to something else,
>> but in general we don’t see sufficient payback to make it worth the effort,
>> and the inevitable backwards compatibility problems it would cause.
>>
>> Having said that, using HTML as the basis for the serialisation format
>> does provide some interoperability with HTML/XML tooling, which is also
>> sometimes useful.
>>
>> Best wishes
>>
>> Jeremy
>>
>>
>> My only clue is that there are some performance thoughts which I (with my
>> limited JavaScript skills) do not get. Any hint or link would be very much
>> appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Thanks guys
>> Tristan
>>
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