Current way is good enough , it gives programmers choices.
Many of us want to code in HTML as Long as they are static
.
May be pure python templating system which can be enable from response.view
On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 3:40 PM, mdipierro <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> wrote:
> This is a good point.
>
> to do it with the current web2py the code at best would look like
> this:
>
>
>
> Stef Mientki
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> More options Aug 4, 3:39 am
> From: Stef Mientki <stef.mien...@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 10:39:48 +0200
> Local: Wed, Aug 4 2010 3:39 am
> Subject: this must be asked a 1000 times, but I couldn't find the
> answer
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> please forgive my ignorance,
> but I wonder why views are not written in Python, instead of html
> ( see comparison below of te first
> part of default\index.html.
>
> The advantage of using Python:
> - the user can stick to 1 language
> - no redundant information in the closing tags, like <ul> , </ul>
> - most editors checks the closing brackets
> - normal indentation, no problems with missing "pass"
> The disavantages of using Python:
> - ???
>
> thanks,
> Stef Mientki
>
> {{extend 'layout.html' }}
> {{
> if 'message' in globals () :
> =H2 ( message )
> else:
> =BEAUTIFY ( response._vars )
> pass
>
> = HR ()
> = H1 ( 'README' )
> = UL (
> LI ( T ( 'You are successfully running web2py' ) ),
> LI ( T ( 'This is a copy of the scaffolding application' ) ),
> LI ( T ( 'You can modify this application and adapt it to your
> needs' ) ),
> LI ( T ( A ( B ( T ( "click here for the administrative
> interface")),
> __href = URL ( 'admin', 'default', 'index' ) ) )) ),
> LI ( A ( T ( "click here for online examples"),
> _href = URL ( 'examples', 'default', 'index' ) ) ),
> '...')
> }}
>
> I.e.
> - extend, include, block and pieces of code must be between different
> sets {{...}}.
> - printed values must have the = prefix
> - close blocks with pass
>
> Removing completely the {{...}} and "=" would require some changes in
> the template system.
> I guess it could be an option.
>
>
> On Aug 4, 3:39 am, Stef Mientki <stef.mien...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > please forgive my ignorance,
> > but I wonder why views are not written in Python, instead of html ( see
> comparison below of te first
> > part of default\index.html.
> >
> > The advantage of using Python:
> > - the user can stick to 1 language
> > - no redundant information in the closing tags, like <ul> , </ul>
> > - most editors checks the closing brackets
> > - normal indentation, no problems with missing "pass"
> > The disavantages of using Python:
> > - ???
> >
> > thanks,
> > Stef Mientki
> >
> > # ***************************************************************
> > extend ( 'layout.html' )
> >
> > if 'message' in globals () :
> > H2 ( message )
> > else:
> > DISPLAY ( BEAUTIFY ( response._vars ) )
> >
> > HR ()
> > H1 ( 'README' )
> > UL (
> > LI ( T ( 'You are successfully running web2py' ) ),
> > LI ( T ( 'This is a copy of the scaffolding application' ) ),
> > LI ( T ( 'You can modify this application and adapt it to your needs' )
> ),
> > LI ( T ( A ( B ( T ( "click here for the administrative interface")),
> > _HREF ( URL ( 'admin', 'default', 'index' ) ) ) ) ),
> > LI ( A ( T ( "click here for online examples"),
> > _HREF ( URL ( 'examples', 'default', 'index' ) ) ) ),
> > LI ( HREF ( "http://web2py.com";, 'web2py.com' ) ),
> > LI ( HREF ( "http://web2py.com/book";, T ( 'documentation' ) ) ) )
> >
> > # ***************************************************************
> > {{extend 'layout.html'}}
> >
> > {{if 'message' in
> globals():}}{{=H2(message)}}{{else:}}{{=BEAUTIFY(response._vars)}}{{pass}}
> >
> > <hr />
> > <h1>README</h1>
> > <ul>
> > <li>{{=T('You are successfully running web2py')}}</li>
> > <li>{{=T('This is a copy of the scaffolding application')}}</li>
> > <li>{{=T('You can modify this application and adapt it to your
> needs')}}</li>
> > <li>{{=A(B(T("click here for the administrative interface")),
> > _href=URL('admin','default','index'))}}</li>
> > <li>{{=A(T("click here for online examples"),
> _href=URL('examples','default','index'))}}</li>
> > <li><a href="http://web2py.com";>web2py.com</a></li>
> > <li><a href="http://web2py.com/book";>{{=T('documentation')}}</a></li>
> > </ul>
>
