Re: [PHP Template] ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW VERSION: HTML::Template 1.5 (fwd)

The thing I like about this is that its more tag based which I think would
give alot of designers the warm fuzzies since it looks like HTML.

-D

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Subject: [PHP Template] ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW VERSION: HTML::Template 1.5 (fwd)


> Perhaps something to look at
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 23:39:58 -0500 (EST)
> From: Sam Tregar <[email protected]>
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> To: [email protected], [email protected]
> Subject: ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW VERSION: HTML::Template 1.5
>
> HTML::Template - a Perl module to use HTML Templates
>
> CHANGES
>
> 1.5
>
> - Shared memory cache now uses IPC::SharedCache - it is ready for
>   mainstream use.
> - New Feature: param() accepts subroutine refs for TMPL_VARs.
> - Bug Fix: mixed case associated CGI.pm parameters now work properly.
>
>
> DESCRIPTION
>
> This module attempts make using HTML templates simple and natural.  It
> extends standard HTML with a few new HTML-esque tags - <TMPL_VAR>,
> <TMPL_LOOP>, <TMPL_INCLUDE>, <TMPL_IF>, <TMPL_UNLESS> and <TMPL_ELSE>.
> The file written with HTML and these new tags is called a template.
> It is usually saved separate from your script - possibly even created
> by someone else!  Using this module you fill in the values for the
> variables, loops and branches declared in the template.  This allows
> you to seperate design - the HTML - from the data, which you generate
> in the Perl script.
>
> This module is licenced under the GPL.  See the LICENCE section of the
> README.
>
>
> AVAILABILITY
>
> This module is available on SourceForge.  Download it at:
>
>   http://download.sourceforge.net/HTML-Template/HTML-Template-1.5.tar.gz
>
> The module is also available on CPAN.  You can get it using CPAN.pm or
> go to:
>
>   http://www.cpan.org/authors/id/S/SA/SAMTREGAR/
>
>
> MOTIVATION
>
> It is true that there are a number of packages out there to do HTML
> templates.  On the one hand you have things like HTML::Embperl which
> allows you to freely mix Perl with HTML.  On the other hand lie
> home-grown variable substitution solutions.  Hopefully the module can
> find a place between the two.
>
> One advantage of this module over a full HTML::Embperl-esque solution
> is that it enforces an important divide - design and programming.  By
> limiting the programmer to just using simple variables and loops in
> the HTML, the template remains accessible to designers and other
> non-perl people.  The use of HTML-esque syntax goes further to make
> the format understandable to others.  In the future this similarity
> could be used to extend existing HTML editors/analyzers to support
> this syntax.
>
> An advantage of this module over home-grown tag-replacement schemes is
> the support for loops.  In my work I am often called on to produce
> tables of data in html.  Producing them using simplistic HTML
> templates results in CGIs containing lots of HTML since the HTML
> itself could not represent loops.  The introduction of loop statements
> in the HTML simplifies this situation considerably.  The designer can
> layout a single row and the programmer can fill it in as many times as
> necessary - all they must agree on is the parameter names.
>
> For all that, I think the best thing about this module is that it does
> just one thing and it does it quickly and carefully.  It doesn't try
> to replace Perl and HTML, it just augments them to interact a little
> better.  And it's pretty fast.
>
>
> DOCUMENTATION
>
> The documentation is in Template.pm in the form of POD format
> perldocs.  Even the above text might be out of date, so be sure to
> check the perldocs for the straight truth.
>
>
> CONTACT INFO
>
> This module was written by Sam Tregar ([email protected]) for Vanguard
> Media (http://www.vm.com).  You can join the HTML::Template
> mailing-list by sending a blank message to
> [email protected].
>
>
>
>