Yes. Thanks for understanding1 On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Dave Porter <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi Owen, > > Yes I saw where you were coming from - your comment was conceptual > rather than syntactically defining ! > > cheers Dave > > On Dec 5, 7:37 am, Owen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was just throwing that out of the top...not trying to be "Real " > > hobo :-) > > > > <preview-with-more with="&Recipe.recent(10)" /> > > > > is a big step up.... > > > > What I was trying to get at is that we need (and should strive for) > > further encapsulation so that a wider audience can be MORE productive, > > MORE quickly. > > > > Except for the limits of parsing technology, why even have the > > ampersand? Shouldn't preview-with=more know that you are referring to > > a model? > > > > Just my "devils-advocate' attitude. I used tools int the 1980's that > > were less obtuse. Now we have Ruby and we can't go up a level? > > > > I am talking from the point of view of a designer and team lead and > > coach, not a coder. Excuse my ranting. :-) > > > > -Owen > > > > On Dec 4, 3:06 pm, Matt Jones <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 2009, at 9:21 PM, Owen wrote: > > > > > > ...however, I hope we get to the point that the 100 top "simple" > > > > things can be as easy as: > > > > > > <preview-with-more> > > > > <model:Recipe/> > > > > <count:10/> > > > > </preview-with-more> > > > > > > ..which will use the default cards, etc. > > > > > Not to burst your bubble or anything, but I don't see a syntax like > > > this in the future; embedding Ruby in attributes is way more powerful > > > and concise. The above in current Hobo would be: > > > > > <preview-with-more with="&Recipe.recent(10)" /> > > > > > Besides, the XML-ish example above would clash nastily with the > > > current use of the colon, so you'd end up with a syntax more like: > > > > > <preview-with-more> > > > <model:>Recipe</model:> > > > <count:>10</count:> > > > </preview-with-more> > > > > > I think that's even possible with the current syntax. On the other > > > hand, if I wanted to write that much XML I'd go get a Java cert and do > > > > that instead... :) > > > > > --Matt Jones > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Hobo Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<hobousers%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en. > > > -- Thanks, Owen Owen Dall Barquin International 410-991-0811 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hobo Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hobousers?hl=en.
