From: "Hal E. Fulton" Date: 2001-05-08T10:24:21+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:14836] Re: Ruby and Web Applications ----- Original Message ----- From: Avi Bryant To: ruby-talk ML Cc: Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 12:57 PM Subject: [ruby-talk:14807] Re: Ruby and Web Applications > On Tue, 8 May 2001, MJ Ray wrote: > > > I am aware of IOWA, but it seems not to work with older rubies (yeah, > > I'll look again once I've got a newer version). > > It superficially > > seems to be based around interpreting embedded code again, which isn't > > the right way to do it. > > No, it's not, and no, that's not how IOWA works. I now regret having > chosen to allow combining the ruby code and the html template into a > single file - it's convenient, but seems to lead to misconceptions. [large snip] > Which makes people think of PHP and other embedded code systems. Oops. > Actually, it's probably true that this causes misconceptions. But I don't think changing the design is the answer... just document how it really *does* work... Point out up front how it's different from embedded solutions. People will catch on. Hal