Good helpful responses, thanks, but I'm surprised how broad the range of opinions is!
Thiago is passionately in favour of putting in the effort to be preview-able, while others feel that it's not worth the effort. Are there any more opinions out there? Cheers, Geoff On 30/10/2013, at 6:04 PM, Geoff Callender wrote: > I'm trying so very hard to keep my templates "preview-able" but it's getting > oh-so-difficult. Is it time to stop trying and just get my web designer to > use the same development environment as me? > > When I say "preview-able template", I mean a template coded in such a way > that a web page designer can open it in a web browser or WYSIWYG editor for > "preview" and edit. The idea is that it looks close enough to the runtime > page to be useful, and easily editable. > > In the past, the techniques that have allowed this include: > > * Invisible instrumentation (see > http://jumpstart.doublenegative.com.au/jumpstart/examples/lang/previewabletemplates). > * The Remove component (see > http://jumpstart.doublenegative.com.au/jumpstart/examples/styling/previewablewithstylesheets). > * The Content component. > > But the obstacles have been growing and growing. > > * These days a page is usually made from lots of complex components. None of > these will be shown in the preview. > * AJAX-busy pages are often made from lots of components that show at > different times. None of this will be shown in the preview. > * Complex components are often made from other complex components. None of > these will be shown in the preview. > * Tapestry's own BeanEdit, BeanDisplay, and Grid, all preview terribly. If > you put in the work to make them preview-able then you might as well not use > them. > * A field might be replaced at runtime by a PropertyEditor. This will not be > shown in the preview. > * I have to keep the Remove-d stylesheet link in the TML file in line with > the @Import-ed stylesheet in the Java. > * With T5.4, Form labels and fields emit Bootstrap classes at runtime. These > will not be shown in the preview. > > So, is it time to accept that preview-able TML is dead, drop the techniques > above, and teach my web page designer to run the same development environment > as me? > > Cheers, > > Geoff > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tapestry.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tapestry.apache.org
