> On Feb 10, 2014, at 12:16 PM, Carl Meyer <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> It's a problem that we are unable to do things
> that would otherwise be no-brainers (e.g. rendering form widgets using
> templates rather than by concatenating strings of HTML in Python code)
> because our default templating language is too slow.
The deliberate hobbling aspect also makes situations like this that should be
no-brainers into painful slogs. Form widgets are a great example beyond this,
too, because customizing HTML for particular form elements (e.g. adding
size="30" to one input field) is an absolute pain. The blessed way involves
overwriting the field, which requires copying every single relevant attribute
of the model (and then double-maintaining changes).
The Flask extension's mechanism is {{ field(size=30) }}. Done.
And under this example, it's DTL that pushes you to put that logic in the wrong
place; it doesn't belong in a forms.py file in most places. I've even seen
cases where the only reason an explicit form exists is to make small
template-level changes.
Best Regards,
Luke
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