[Zope3-dev] Re: IMPORTANT RFS: Through the Web Site Development

[Paul Everitt]

Jim Fulton wrote:
> So they learn DTML instead? I'm amazed.

As pointed out in the responses, there might be a useful point here. 
While DTML has all of its quirks and problems, it still has one thing 
going for it: it resembles the way people were already doing their web 
applications (CFML, ASP, PHP, JSP).  The syntax is different, but the 
pattern is similar.

ZPT *should* have been a smoother transition for them, as it leveraged 
something they already knew: HTML.  However, the concept of templating, 
dummy text, and replacement *isn't* something they have seen.  So 
perhaps the cost of embracing that concept is too high.

Dunno.

--Paul