[Zope] DTML and XML

Ot Ratsaphong ot.ratsaphong@tpg.com.au
Wed, 6 Mar 2002 19:29:08 +1100


I am really keen to learn ZPT. I am having trouble unlearning DTML. Can
someone point me to some good doco for some who is DTML damaged?

Thanks

----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Wilkinson" <harryw@nipltd.com>
To: "Stephen Johnston" <sjohnsto@eso.org>; <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 2:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Zope] DTML and XML


> On Tuesday 05 March 2002 3:42 pm, Stephen Johnston wrote:
> > Hi
> >
> > New to this stuff, can someone tell me the difference between XML and
DTML
> > (is that the same as DHTML)
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > S.
>
>
> These are all very different and not really comparable in a simple (ie
brief)
> way.  I suggest you go to http://www.w3.org to read up on what XML and
DHTML
> are, and go to http://www.zope.org to find out about DTML.
>
> There is also a good (better in my opinion) alternative to DTML for Zope
now,
> called ZPT.  This is XML-based and generally more structured and clean.
If
> you're just starting out with Zope I strongly recommend you use as it will
> (hopefully) prevent you from falling into any of the many possible
problems
> you can get into design-wise with DTML.  It's much harder to write bad
code
> (IMO) with ZPT.
>
> Harry
>
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