Re: [SMARTY-DEV] binarycloud: Tight Integration with Smarty

Hi Alex, You provide a very good piece of information. Do you have any references (Code, tutorial etc) for seperating php code from html using xml+xslt technology? Thanks Hardik --- Alex Black <enigma@turingstudio.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've cc:d the smarty-dev list in case they have any > thoughts on this > subject. > > As some of you may (or may not) know, I'm doing a > large project with Jason > that uses binarycloud. We have discovered many > things in the couple days > we've been using it under a deadline: some bad, many > VERY good. I am a happy > man. This whole long process _has_ been worth it and > we're coming up on > releasing an amazing system. > > I have also come to the realization that Smarty is > ridiculously fantastic. > We should not ignore this. In fact, we should take > advantage of it and > exploit Smarty for everything we can get it to do > for us. I think smarty > should be the only PHP template engine used by > binarycloud. > > (btw, that new smarty debug console looks > fantastic). > > I think it would confusing as hell to have different > template engines if we > want to have a large library of standard apps based > on binarycloud. > > So, I propose that we merge what little code we have > for configuring Smarty > into Node, along with jason's convenient > bc-constants-always-available > addition to Template, ditch template, and create a > new XSL class which just > renders XSL. > > --------- > > Also, I think we _should_ maintain some bits of > abstraction that we have > currently in node (like SetTplVar, etc) because we > need the opportunity to > do things like add stuff to the smarty arrays that's > binarycloud specific, > etc. (though this could arguable done in a bc/smarty > init method somewhere > in node) > > Jason and I have already taken this track with the > project we're working on, > and I have I think convinced him to be willing to > rely on smarty for a _lot_ > more than we were both thinking at the beginning. > Apps, while great, should > only be built if you need real logic - and switching > a navigation menu (etc) > based on what section you're in is not my idea of > "real logic" - it can be > done elegantly in the template, so it should be done > there. > > ./rant > > :) > > _alex > > -- > alex black, project leader > binarycloud: http://www.binarycloud.com > > > -- > Smarty Development Mailing List > (http://smarty.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com