From: Eric Hodel <drbrain@...7.net>
Date: 2004-12-03T04:43:54+09:00
Subject: Re: generating HTML: what is the best Ruby library ?

On 02 Dec 2004, at 11:32, Markus Jais wrote:

> hello
>
> I have some datta in a MySQL DB
>
> I want to generate static HTML pages from the DB with Ruby using
> a Templating Library. I have Bluecloth, Amrita, PageTemplate und found
> more in the RAA.
>
>
> the resulting website will be fairly simple. It will be mostly
> a news site with headlines, short descriptions of the news,
> some large chunks of text and links.

How does the data get into the database?

I recommend ditching the database and using ZenWeb...

> all will be created in my computer and then copied to the webserver
> using FTP.
>
>
> I wanted to know what the experiences of other people with these
> tools are.
>
> what would you recommend ??

ZenWeb is totally awesome, it builds a static HTML website with an 
excellent navigation and link structure.  It uses plain text files with 
a simple markup which gets rendered into pages.  You can extend the 
renderers easily to handle any special layouts you want.