On the use of proper indentation

A true tale from the trenches:

So I´m trying to learn tapestry.  I look at my application,
I see something I call a Track, something that´s like a lead,
a follow-up, a continuing series of  activities. I think: maybe i could
focus all Track related stuff in a Track page and use a 
Block component for each view, track list, track detail, etc.

So I look to the Inspector for some examples and guidelines. I see this:

<span jwcid="specificationBlock">
<span jwcid="showSpecification"/>
</span>

<span jwcid="templateBlock">
<span jwcid="showTemplate"/>
</span>

<span jwcid="propertiesBlock">
<span jwcid="showProperties"/>
</span>

<span jwcid="engineBlock">
<span jwcid="showEngine"/>
</span>

Good! I copy the concept and do this:

	<span jwcid="renderBlockForView"/>

	<span jwcid="trackListBlock"/>
	<span jwcid="showTrackList"/>
	
	<span jwcid="trackDetailBlock"/>
	<span jwcid="showTrackDetail"/>

You probably do see it immediately. I didn't. I spent a first ten
confusing minutes wondering why the hell the detail
view rendered, although I obvioulsy told it not to. Then I spent 
another hour to re-design my showTrackDetail class to accommodate for
null pointers and such. Still didn't work. Then another hour studying 
Tapestry source in order to understand the call sequence. Then I saw it!

	<span jwcid="renderBlockForView"/>

	<span jwcid="trackListBlock">
		<span jwcid="showTrackList"/>
	</span>
	
	<span jwcid="trackDetailBlock">
		<span jwcid="showTrackDetail"/>
	</span>


Anyways, during the journey I probably learned more Tapestry stuff
than I deserve. Was it on purpose? 

/Per Norrman

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