[Zope] Zope evaluation questions

[J. Cameron Cooper]

>>>3. In terms of templating systems, do you find
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>>yourselves using DTML or
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>>>ZPT?
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>>DTML sucks. Use ZPT.
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> Why do you say this? I generally work on sites where
>its just me and no one else. For this purpose I find
>DTML much easier, quicker, and less verbose to use
>then ZPT. Of course, if we had a graphics designer
>that would be a different story. Or perhaps I am
>missing something about ZPT?
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If, and only if,

 - you have no confusion at all about the DTML syntax or its processing 
model
 
 - you're not working with a GUI HTML designer

 - you know exactly how the namespace stack works

 - you are very disciplined in keeping logic and presentation separate

you will be fine using DTML. I like to think I meet all those criterion, 
and I had an investment in DTML already (it was for a time The 
Templating Language in Zope) but I use ZPT almost exclusively now. (I 
find ZPT cumbersome for non-XML-ish templating.) I find it cleaner, more 
logical, and easier to read and write than DTML. ZPT does take a bit 
more typing in general, but I consider it an investment against much 
more work in the future.

             --jcc
       (explicit is good)

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