From: Aredridel <aredridel@...>
Date: 2005-07-13T13:54:18+09:00
Subject: Re: anyone using amrita?

On Wed, 2005-07-13 at 03:40 +0900, Navindra Umanee wrote:
> Hi Aredridel,
> 
> Thank you very much for the informative reply!
> 
> Aredridel <aredridel@nbtsc.org> wrote:
> > XTemplate is a bit more view-pulls-from-model, and Amrita is more
> > model-pushes-to-view, in concept. They're pretty close, though. Amrita
> > takes some funny pushing to make some designs work, and XTemplate can be
> > cleaner.
> > 
> > Amrita's performance isn't as hot as one might like, but it's not
> > abysmal.
> 
> Performance-wise, how does XTemplate compare?  Is there any particular
> reason you're using Amrita2 over XTemplate?  (I suppose XTemplate
> doesn't have AJAX)

I haven't benchmarked -- my guess is close, but I haven't looked.

I'm using Amrita because I like model-pushes-view more than
view-pulls-model as a concept. They're really close, though.

> > ERB is far more general, but also messier. Each has their place -- and
> > with amrita2, you can mix them. It's pretty nice.
> 
> Currently I'm using Ruby string interpolation (two levels of it) to
> generate all my HTML.  I'm not using any particular template package,
> just Ruby string manipulation.  It's fast and allows caching, but I
> fear not very elegant or maintainable in the end.

I agree, but then, I don't mind fighting with a validator for an hour
either.

Ari