[Zope-dev] Re: stacks != easy to explain

[Paul Everitt]

Dario Lopez-K=E4sten wrote:
[snip]
> It seems that ZPT is mostly aimed at the Page Designer, whereas DTML is
> mostly aimed at the Developer. Would this be a correct assesment of the
> situation?

I think that assesment is mostly right.  It's definately right on the=20
ZPT part.  As ChrisW mentioned, DTML wasn't really sure about where it=20
sat at the family dinner table.

ZPT is best used by the Dreamweaver crowd, and frankly, from within=20
tools like Dreamweaver.  It is pretty verbose for being used TTW (but=20
the TTW environment could be improved over time to help on this, e.g. w/=20
a colorizing/editable DIV or textarea).

FWIW, the ZPT list is discussing a proposal now for moving the=20
programming in ZPT out of the "HTML" page and into...CSS!  It's a really=20
interesting proposal, IMO.  It might address some of the concerns=20
mentioned here, about verbosity, scanning the page looking for=20
programming etc.  And it is sure to raise some new concerns. :^)

Check out the thread here:

   http://lists.zope.org/pipermail/zpt/2002-May/003303.html

Let the fun begin...

--Paul