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

[Steve Alexander]

>       Think about what is easier to understand for an non 
>       Programmer? Yes they begin with code like that!
> 
>          a) Hello <b><dtml-var name></b>, how are you?
> 
>          b) Hello <b tal:content="name">name</b>, how are you?
>             (question that possibly arises: why is there two times 
>              something like a 'name' variable?)
> 
>       As you can see in the examples above the the DTML tags are 
>       separated from HTML tags. While programming DTML you can 
>       easily print "the source" and then mark the DTML parts 
>       with a marker.
> 
>       In ZPT you have to mix HTML with TAL-Expressions. If the
>       page doesn't render correctly you have to fight with HTML 
>       and TAL in parallel.

You don't have to mix HTML with TAL expressions.

DTML: Hello <b><dtml-var name></b>, how are you?
ZPT:  Hello <b><tal:tag replace="name"/></b>, how are you?

In ZPT, one of the constraints is to use valid XML. <dtml-var name> is 
not valid xml, because "name" should be in quotes, and it should have an 
attribute name. Actually, <dtml-var name> is a short-hand for <dtml-var 
name="name">. So, without cheesy short-cuts:

DTML: Hello <b><dtml-var name="name"></b>, how are you?
ZPT:  Hello <b><tal:tag replace="name"/></b>, how are you?

There's not so much difference now.

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Steve Alexander