[Zope-CMF] Re: ZPT in CMF

[seb bacon]

So - 

Pros:

 It's easier to read than DTML
 It makes you use pythonscripts for most logic

Cons:

 Can be ugly and difficult.  Possibly because it's still young.
 Doesn't deliver on promise to work better with designers (yet).

That's 2 for and 2 against.  You've still not convinced me, but I want
to be convinced.  Please try again :-) 

seb

* Chris Withers <chrisw@nipltd.com> [011203 11:00]:
> seb bacon wrote:
> > 
> > - It's hard to read. 
> 
> I find it a lot easier to read than DTML, particular dtml-in's that have been
> put in odd places...
> 
> >   when they used to take one.  People on the ZPT list are still having
> >   problems solving a number of common idioms.  
> 
> Indeed, but it's early days yet...
> 
> >   Batching looks *really*
> >   ugly, for example.
> 
> Yup... in gneral, anything that uses a python module looks really ugly :-(
> 
> > - OK, it forces you into separating out your business logic, but
> >   that's not a recommendation for it in itself.
> 
> For me it is, and a pretty big one at that...
> 
> > - The thing I got excited about was the possibility for designers to
> >   edit pages containing ZPT logic, but in fact this is not really
> >   practical, in particular with respect to macros.
> 
> Indeed, this is disappointing, but it's an almost impossible problem to solve...
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Chris
> 
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