... Why?
Don't get me wrong... YAML, etc. are great for some things, but... we're
ultimately generating (x)html documents. I like the fact that the templates
are xhtml. Even looking at an example of, eg, haml:
#profile
.left.column
#date= print_date
#address= current_user.address
.right.column
#email= current_user.email
#bio= current_user.bio
vs.
<div id="profile">
<div class="left column">
<div id="date"><%= print_date %></div>
<div id="address"><%= current_user.address %></div>
</div>
<div class="right column">
<div id="email"><%= current_user.email %></div>
<div id="bio"><%= current_user.bio %></div>
</div>
</div>
The former might be /ok/ for small, single-developer projects, but for
/anything/ working with an html designer, the latter is batter. Aside from
replacing the components and ${} expressions, what you put in is what you get
out. And I like that; it's what I expect from my tools. Whereas the HAML
example has me cringing; I'm sure there are ways to customize, etc. but I
really don't see the value. I frankly find it /less/ readable because at the
end of the day, I don't know what's being output. Maybe it reduces typing, but
then... any decent html editor can auto-complete the html tags for you, add
closing tags, etc.
If we added it, I would much prefer to see it added as a standalone plugin so I
don't have to add the bloat to my projects if I don't want it.
Just sayin'. :)
Robert
On Jul 27, 2011, at 7/271:14 PM , Howard Lewis Ship wrote:
> I wonder if there's any interest in an alternate, non-XML template
> format ... something like YAML, HAML or Scalate? It would be super
> easy to implement. Obviously, for 5.4 or later.
>
> Might be fun to take a few pages and component templates and create
> mockups of an alternate format.
>
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