On 02/19/03 00:09, Fernando Martins wrote:
Hi,
I'm a newbie who adopted Zope only because of ZPT. I've been following this discussion (as well as other readings) to see what DTML gives in addition to ZPT.
1. DTML can be used to generate output that isn't valid HTML/XML (e.g. if you have a standard "confirmation email" or standard email invoice you send out, you might write a DTML template for said email). 2. Practicality. There are some interesting products that are built with DTML. If you want to customize them, you might need to learn DTML.
Up to now, all I can see are the disadvantages you just pointed out. It has been quite an investment to learn zpt, python, acquisition, libraries, etc. Learning DTML just seems too much and so far I could not see the point of it, other than for reusing what exists (which is not a technical argument regarding DTML itself).
If you really needed it, you'd probably know. HTH -- Brad Bollenbach Software Engineer BBnet.ca