Re: [WebDNA] feature suggestion - long response

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2011

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texte = that's a great question!I'm in the middle of rewriting my e-commerce platform to be moderately =MVC (Model-View-Controller) instead of the spaghetti code that it =currently is. (I haven't solved the m part of mvc, but I will)=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3DI'm willing to go out on a limb and say that most people using webdna do =this:(mypage.tpl)HAS_WEBDNA_TAGSsome logic codedatabase lookups, appends, whateverhtml headers(some webdna variables used here)body[include pagetop]the html of the pagewebdna searchesvarious variables usedif you're a really sloppy coder... more logic intermixed[include pagebottom]/bodymaybe some more webdna code(/mypage.tpl)=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3Dmy new way:(mypage.tpl) (the controller)HAS_WEBDNA_TAGSinclude some function files as neededbusiness logic in webdna code.=20assign variables as will be needed in the html view(i'm trying very hard not to cheat and put searches in the html - as =part of transitioning some code to access sql databases)[include templates/mypage.html](/mypage.tpl)(mypage.html) (the view)[text]title=3Dthe page title[/text][text]sidebar=3Dwhatever is in the sidebar[/text][text]content=3D all the html that is shown in the content area of the =page[/text][include base.html](/mypage.html)+++++KEN, here's why: +++++(base.html) (the master page template)htmlheader[showif [? title]=3DT][title][/showif][showif [? title]=3DF] =generic page title[/showif]/headersbodydiv sidebar[showif [? sidebar]=3DT][sidebar][/showif][showif [? sidebar]=3DF] =generic sidebar[/showif]/divdiv cotent[showif [? content]=3DT][content][/showif]/div/body/html(/base.html)this is basically a ginormous borrowing (as close as I have bothered to =develop) of Django's template system, their extend tag, and =content_blocks.My base template is always clean, & nicely balanced ("did i close that =div tag in footer.inc?")Hope this helps explain why i don't want to preset variables if i don't =need to.On Jun 22, 2011, at 7:16 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote:> If all you're doing is checking to see if a variable exists,=20> why not do this?:>=20> [text]abc=3D123[/text]> [text]def=3D[/text]>=20> [showif [abc]!]this stuff is shown[/showif]> [showif [def]!]this stuff is hidden[/showif]>=20> All it takes is presetting the vars at the top of the page,=20> then you don't have to screw around with [raw] or=20> [interpret] ... or some new syntax that would require WebDNA=20> to be rewritten. =20>=20> I've done this for years, it is so efficient and effective that=20> I've never needed anything else. You don't even have to=20> [url] the variable tags when you do it this way!>=20> Sincerely,> Kenneth Grome Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

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Re: [WebDNA] feature suggestion - long response ("Brian B. Burton" 2011)

that's a great question!I'm in the middle of rewriting my e-commerce platform to be moderately =MVC (Model-View-Controller) instead of the Spaghetti code that it =currently is. (I haven't solved the m part of mvc, but I will)=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3DI'm willing to go out on a limb and say that most people using webdna do =this:(mypage.tpl)HAS_WEBDNA_TAGSsome logic codedatabase lookups, appends, whateverhtml headers(some webdna variables used here)body[include pagetop]the html of the pagewebdna searchesvarious variables usedif you're a really sloppy coder... more logic intermixed[include pagebottom]/bodymaybe some more webdna code(/mypage.tpl)=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3Dmy new way:(mypage.tpl) (the controller)HAS_WEBDNA_TAGSinclude some function files as neededbusiness logic in webdna code.=20assign variables as will be needed in the html view(i'm trying very hard not to cheat and put searches in the html - as =part of transitioning some code to access sql databases)[include templates/mypage.html](/mypage.tpl)(mypage.html) (the view)[text]title=3Dthe page title[/text][text]sidebar=3Dwhatever is in the sidebar[/text][text]content=3D all the html that is shown in the content area of the =page[/text][include base.html](/mypage.html)+++++KEN, here's why: +++++(base.html) (the master page template)htmlheader[showif [? title]=3DT][title][/showif][showif [? title]=3DF] =generic page title[/showif]/headersbodydiv sidebar[showif [? sidebar]=3DT][sidebar][/showif][showif [? sidebar]=3DF] =generic sidebar[/showif]/divdiv cotent[showif [? content]=3DT][content][/showif]/div/body/html(/base.html)this is basically a ginormous borrowing (as close as I have bothered to =develop) of Django's template system, their extend tag, and =content_blocks.My base template is always clean, & nicely balanced ("did i close that =div tag in footer.inc?")Hope this helps explain why i don't want to preset variables if i don't =need to.On Jun 22, 2011, at 7:16 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote:> If all you're doing is checking to see if a variable exists,=20> why not do this?:>=20> [text]abc=3D123[/text]> [text]def=3D[/text]>=20> [showif [abc]!]this stuff is shown[/showif]> [showif [def]!]this stuff is hidden[/showif]>=20> All it takes is presetting the vars at the top of the page,=20> then you don't have to screw around with [raw] or=20> [interpret] ... or some new syntax that would require WebDNA=20> to be rewritten. =20>=20> I've done this for years, it is so efficient and effective that=20> I've never needed anything else. You don't even have to=20> [url] the variable tags when you do it this way!>=20> Sincerely,> Kenneth Grome "Brian B. Burton"

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