On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 07:06:03PM +0100, Jean-Marc Orliaguet wrote: > Yes, that's what I mean. Clearsilver is a good example. There are > several advantages: > > - the data structures are platform-independent (they can be encoded in > JSON, C, python), and they can be easily converted from one language to > another, even to and from XML, this simplifies the transport too (e.g. > in Ajax, webservices) > > - the template does less, it does not need to know anything about zope, > it works faster, the data access from inside the template is not an > access to the ZODB ... > > - it is possible to create a simple schema definition from the data > structure itself (this is what I've done in the Ajax toolkit I'm writing)
Another advantage: - the template itself is truly platform-independent ... which is attractive in mixed-platform environments. The StringTemplate guy has an interesting take on templating and model/view separation: http://www.cs.usfca.edu/~parrt/papers/mvc.templates.pdf Particularly the stuff about the five rules implied by strict model-view separation. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com _______________________________________________ Zope3-dev mailing list Zope3-dev@zope.org Unsub: http://mail.zope.org/mailman/options/zope3-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
