Re: Cleaning up my messy code

On 29 Sep 2003 21:08:40 -0400 Robert Cummings <robert@interjinn.com> wrote: > > I like that idea too-- I just don't like having to learn what amounts to a > > third language to do it. Does one have to have a templating engine in order > > to achieve this? > > > > I find reusability to be, largely, a theoretical mantra, templates or not. > > In general, between applications, so much changes that even the same basic > > idea means that the most reusable part are SQL queries and such, and I > > already keep THOSE separate. > > > > And I've been looking for good examples of code on the web-- examples that > > exemplify forethought and reusability. I must be looking in the wrong > > places :) > > Well an example I'm experiencing right now with my template system which > is making my life so much easier and saving me oodles of time -- is > creating a PDF version of my site. To do this doing a few things: > > 1. creating a new site configuration (actually a copy of the > InterJinn site configuration with a few changes) > > 2. Creating a new set of template patterns for this configuration > (2 to be exact) > > 3. Creating one new layout template for the PDF version. > > 4. Creating one master source file which provides a chapter > mechanism for the InterJinn site's sections. > > 5. extending the original jinnDoc tag compiler to provide support > for a <jinnDoc:chapter/> and <jinnDoc:subChapter/> tag and to > reduce the <h?/> tag ranks for the current <jinnDoc:title/>, > <jinnDoc:subTitle/>, etc. tags. > > 6. Compiling the new site patterns. > > 7. running htmldoc on the output. > > So in 7 fairly easy steps (once you know the framework) That's the key, what better way then rolling your own. I think frameworks develop on their own with experience. That's not to say that looking at other people's solutions isn't part of the experience. >I've converted > my InterJinn site into an easily downloadable PDF for offline reading. > Total time invested: 3 hours. later I'll add support for > <jinnDoc:pdfOnly/> and <jinnDoc:webOnly/> tags to properly separate out > content that makes no sense in the website or vice versa. > > The nice thing about this was I hadn't even planned on doing a PDF till > someone requested it via a comment on the website. I'll probably release > interJinn-0.9.2 next weekend, so you can see the code then if you want > since I include the InterJinn site as it's own example :) As is you can > see the non PDF stuff if you download the current version. > > Cheers, > Rob. > -- > .------------------------------------------------------------. > | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | > :------------------------------------------------------------: > | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | > | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | > | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | > | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | > | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | > `------------------------------------------------------------' > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > ____ Regards, Andu Novac