Ok, ZPT is easier that DTML? How do you code this in ZPT? <dtml-in objectIds() sort=id> <dtml-var sequence-item> </dtml-in> Last I checked, sorting and batching were difficult to the extreme in ZPT. If we are aiming to be a Web Application Server, we have to assume that people are going to want to generate sorted lists of data, in batches. Also, have you tried explaining ZPT to ASP programmers? Trying to turn an ASP designer from the Dark Side is not being made any easier by either the uncertainty about the programming platform, or by moving from a simple, HTML based language, to an attribute based language that allows you to use and abuse HTML tags in potentially confusing ways... <hr tal:replace="structure here/standard_html_footer" /> I rest my case. Adrian... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dieter Maurer" <dieter@handshake.de> To: "Adrian Hungate" <adrian@haqa.co.uk> Cc: "Andy McKay" <andy@agmweb.ca>; "Martijn Jacobs" <mart@eastsite.nl>; <zope-dev@zope.org> Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 9:09 PM Subject: Re: [Zope-dev] Re: ZClasses useful! [Was: ZMI / JavaScript brainstorm]
Adrian Hungate writes:
.... DTML and ZCLasses ... I think that blindly disposing of both, just because a newer idea has come along is just that - blind. So what if ZPT is more (choose your comparison here) than DTML? DTML is far easier to learn, far easier to read, far easier to write, and much much easier to explain to newbies. I see this exactly the other way round: ZPT is easier than DTML.
Otherwise, I agree with you...
Dieter