Re: HTML generation vs PSP vs Templating Engines

2005-11-20 Thread riplin
>> Using templates means that the code can work with different templates, >> and this should be seamless, it also means that different code can be >> used with the templates, for example if different languages are used. > This seems to contradict your statement that you dislike 'embedding > code o

Re: HTML generation vs PSP vs Templating Engines

2005-11-19 Thread has
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I dislike embedding code or html in each other, apart from the > 'impurity' of mixing code and user interface it makes them inseparable. > > Using templates means that the code can work with different templates, > and this should be seamless, it also means that different

Re: HTML generation vs PSP vs Templating Engines

2005-11-19 Thread Luis M. Gonzalez
I meant that it is not strictly necessary to use templates in Karrigell, although you can use Cheetah if you want. I'm not used to templates mainly because I'm familiar with the way PHP works and, for simple dynamic sites like those I work on, this is the simpliest approach. Another reason is that

Re: HTML generation vs PSP vs Templating Engines

2005-11-19 Thread riplin
> No templates, no python-like or special languages, only pure and simple > python. > You can embedd python into html or, if it better suits your programming > style, you can embed html into python. Why don't you give it a try? I dislike embedding code or html in each other, apart from the 'impu

Re: HTML generation vs PSP vs Templating Engines

2005-11-18 Thread has
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Could someone that has used all the different ways mentioned above for > dynamic HTML > content, suggest what the pros and cons of the different methods are? Not used them all - as you say, there's a plethora of options - but to give you a general idea of the territory.

Re: HTML generation vs PSP vs Templating Engines

2005-11-17 Thread Luis M. Gonzalez
With Karrigell (http://karrigell.sf.net/), all you need to know is Python and HTML. No templates, no python-like or special languages, only pure and simple python. You can embedd python into html or, if it better suits your programming tyle, you can embed html into python. Why don't you give it a

RE: HTML generation vs PSP vs Templating Engines

2005-11-16 Thread Sells, Fred
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Re: HTML generation vs PSP vs Templating Engines

2005-11-16 Thread thakadu
I just do the following: I store the form data as a pickeled dictionary. Then I create my HTML form with something like this: HTMLout=""".. .. ''' where the field1, field2 etc era the fields on my form. Then finally: print HTMLout % dict where dict has all the values that I previous

Re: HTML generation vs PSP vs Templating Engines

2005-11-16 Thread Damjan
> After some thought I decided to leave the various frameworks > aside for the time being and use mod_python.publisher along with some > means of generating HTML on the fly. I kind of like KID templates the most, you can easyly work with them in any HTML authoring software, they are easy to use (p

Re: HTML generation vs PSP vs Templating Engines

2005-11-16 Thread bruno at modulix
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I am in the process of writing my very first web application in Python, > and I need a way to > generate dynamic HTML pages with data from a database. (snip) > After some thought I decided to leave the various frameworks > aside for the > time bein

HTML generation vs PSP vs Templating Engines

2005-11-16 Thread pkassianidis
Hello everybody, I am in the process of writing my very first web application in Python, and I need a way to generate dynamic HTML pages with data from a database. I have to say I am overwhelmed by the plethora of different frameworks, templating engines, HTML generation tools etc that exist. Aft