> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Scott Stevens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, October 07, 2002 6:04 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Differences between Structs and Turbine ???
>
>
> on 2002/10/7 5:41 PM, "Martin Cooper"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Of course, I know Velocity fans won't like this any better,
> but if you bring
> > the JSP example on that page up to date, using JSTL, you'll
> have this:
> >
> > <c:choose>
> > <c:when test="${empty param.name}">
> > Hello World
> > </c:when>
> > <c:otherwise>
> > Hello, <c:out value="${param.name}"/>
> > </c:otherwise>
> > </c:choose>
>
> I dunno about you, but I would much rather teach my
> non-programmer designers
> to type:
>
> #if ($foo)
> Hello, $foo
> #else
> Hello World
> #end
You mean this, taken from the page, don't you?
<html>
<head><title>Hello</title></head>
<body>
<h1>
#if ($request.getParameter("name") == null)
Hello World
#else
Hello, $request.getParameter("name")
#end
</h1>
</body></html>
At least if you're using JSP/JSTL, you don't have to explain method calls to
your "non-programmer designers".
>
> Than the bunch of pseudo XML programming language junk you quoted
> above...ouch, my hands hurt just looking at that...oh wait, people are
> supposed to use GUI drag and drop for all of that
> stuff...yea...right...
>
> Oh yea, should I mention that Velocity syntax has remained
> unchanged since
> it was first released as 1.0 (back in April 2001)? I wonder
> how many times
> JSP/JSTL/Struts/FooBar syntax will need to be brought 'up to date'...
I see no syntax changes, only new tags and attributes.
--
Martin Cooper
>
> WAKE UP PEOPLE.
>
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