[Zope] Disadvantages of using DTML (fwd)

[Jason Spisak]

Andy,

I am actually just starting working with it.  As long as I can have help
futzing with the aq_parent stuff to get it to work, I'll be using it in my
intranet app.
My real desire is to find a way to construct these type of html objects
from html.  Like a poor man's HyperDOM. :) 

> Cool, do I see a Zope product coming up?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jason Spisak" <444@hiretechs.com>
> To: "Andy McKay" <andym@ActiveState.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 5:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [Zope] Disadvantages of using DTML
> 
> 
> > Andy:
> >
> > Actually, I have been playing with it.
> > What it does is create HTML, XHTML, XML from python objects like so:
> >
> > p = TABLE(bgcolor="#00000", border="0", cellpadding="1",
> > TR(
> >   TD('my stuff goes here')))
> >
> > print p
> >
> > <TABLE bgcolor="#00000" border="0" cellpadding="1">
> >     <TR>
> >         <TD>my stuff goes here</TD></TR></TABLE>
> >
> > So I just create bit and pieces that get called to form a UI.
> > Aquisition works too.  I have a property in a containing folder, that I
> > called as the bgcolor of the table and it worked fine.
> >
> > All my best,
> >
> >
> > > The docs I quickly looked at suggested it just parsed XHTML into HTML,
> > > nothing more. It would be interesting useful if it did do so much
> more... Im
> > > assuming there would be a little bit of Zope integration to do...
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Jason Spisak" <444@hiretechs.com>
> > > To: "Andy McKay" <andym@ActiveState.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 4:22 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Zope] Disadvantages of using DTML
> > >
> > >
> > > > Andy:
> > > >
> > > > Since it would be python, can you not call objects, run python, and
> lots
> > > of
> > > > stuff? ;)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > You lose out on all the wondeful help you get from this mailing list
> :)
> > > > >
> > > > > But seriously this is a html generator... dtml is a great deal more
> than
> > > > > just a html formatter, it can call objects, run python and lots of
> > > stuff.
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Jason Spisak" <444@hiretechs.com>
> > > > > To: <zope@zope.org>
> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 10, 2000 2:43 AM
> > > > > Subject: [Zope] Disadvantages of using DTML
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Zopists,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Can anyone tell me off hand any big disadvantages to not using
> DTML
> > > > > > (Caching, etc...) and using a package like HyperText
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://dustman.net/andy/python/HyperText
> > > > > >
> > > > > > to produce html display for your objects, and use python to
> process
> > > it?
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jason Spisak
> > > > > > 444@hiretechs.com
> > > > > >
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> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > All my best,
> > > >
> > > > Jason Spisak
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Jason Spisak
> >
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Jason Spisak
444@hiretechs.com