This one time, at band camp, Ben Bangert wrote: > >On Apr 30, 2006, at 6:55 PM, Jamie Wilkinson wrote: > >> Just out of curiousity's sake, how much does the Pylons template >> change >> between versions? (How much has it changed with the impending 0.9 >> release >> from 0.8?) > >0.8.1 will be out first, but the template so far doesn't appear to >have any changes. The paster command to install the Javascripts for >WebHelpers would take a directory option, so it can be easily used >with any framework, like: >paster install-scriptaculous yourproj/public > >> See, it seems to me that there's going to be newer code in the >> template that >> uses newer features of Pylons, and that means looking at the >> template and >> merging that code into my own; if a newer webhelpers comes with some >> javascript that fixes bugs from a previous release, I'd like to >> have that >> just work with an upgrade rather than having to remember to copy it >> in. >> It's a separate library, not my own, so I don't think it belongs in my >> source tree. > >Yes, that makes sense, though it also leaves you in a position where >a Javascript library might be updated in a way that breaks >functioning against some specific Javascript call you make somewhere. >If the Javascript files are in your project, you have full control >over when they're upgraded, though it means if WebHelpers gets an >update that requires the new Javascripts..... it breaks till your >project gets updated.
Right, so if the JS is in someone else's library, it affects everyone and is likely to get fixed and a new version made, whereas if it's in local code, it means everyone's got to duplicate the effort to fix it :) > >Hmm, you convinced me. :) Cool :) >I'm now with you in favor of a middleware that brings in the >Javascript files, and a little function helper like: >javascript_includes() > >For use in templates that spits out the Javascript <link> tags with >the assumption you're using the middleware. Awesome, I look forward to it. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" 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/pylons-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
