Everyone at some point has this thought. But there is a big down side to generating all the html in code, it makes the application hard to skin. I can skin a web2py application in half and hour not including cleaning up the menus with any template I come across. I do like generate the html I am grabbing from the data most the time. Nice to have both methods available.
On Aug 4, 1:39 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>
