I would also recommend keeping the templates separate, I generally user servlets and have them call my templates and display their output. If the cheetah pages were accessed directly (like psp pages) then I would be loosing alot of the functionality of the template. Jose
> -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Webware-discuss] Experience to share: using WebWare, > DocumentTemplate , HTMLGrid > From: "Ian Bicking" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Wed, December 29, 2004 10:41 am > To: "Winston WOLFF" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "<webware-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net> > <webware-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net> > <webware-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net> > <webware-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net>" > <webware-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net> > > Winston WOLFF wrote: > > Thanks for the perspective. Like you, I found Webware after examining > > Zope, and I found Zope too overwhelming. I wanted something simpler and > > smaller. > > > > Regarding DocumentTemplate, that's an interesting alternative. I'll have > > to look into that. I've been switching a lot between Cheetah and PSP and > > I'm not satisfied with either. Cheetah almost works for me, but I keep > > running into one problem--I can't run callMethodOfServlet() on it. It > > does some tricky things to inherit from Servlet and messes us things > > inside the transaction object which causes a failure. > > I'd recommend not using Cheetah templates as servlets -- it's better to > have the template separate, and have the servlet call the template. > > I'd also discourage using DocumentTemplate -- it's really a dead-end, > and is being actively replaced by Zope Page Templates in Zope. > Personally I've grown to hate DTML in the Zope context; I'd never > actually realized you could use them outside of Zope, but then I've > never had any desire. And though DTML is faster than ZPT, it's likely > to be slower than Cheetah or PSP (which are compiled to Python, where > DTML is interpreted). ZPT is definitely slower than them all. > > ZPT is also available separate from Zope, and I've used them a great > deal with Webware, quite successfully I think. > > -- > Ian Bicking / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://blog.ianbicking.org > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Webware-discuss mailing list > Webware-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by: Beat the post-holiday blues Get a FREE limited edition SourceForge.net t-shirt from ThinkGeek. It's fun and FREE -- well, almost....http://www.thinkgeek.com/sfshirt _______________________________________________ Webware-discuss mailing list Webware-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-discuss
