From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: 2009-01-27T05:07:53+09:00
Subject: Re: non-invasive templating solutions in ruby?

Terrence Brannon wrote:

> hello, I am a perl and python programmer,

Hello, I'm a programmer!

 > but for completeness, I
> would like to know which dynamic html generation systems exist in Ruby
> which focus on driving HTML generation outside of the HTML itself.

> [% ELSE %]
>    Welcome [% name %].
> [% END %]

Everyone uses eRB there. Except those who use HAML, or certain other systems, 
such as Builder::XmlMarkup.

> whereas in a 'non-invasive' system there would only be HTML with id or
> class tags
> 
> <span id="age_dialog">
>     <span id="under10">

Look up 'lilu templates'. They hook into your Rails views, and use Hpricot's CSS 
selectors to search and replace HTML details before they go out.

> $age->retain('under10') if $age < 10;

Exactly - some similar detail in an 'instruction' file.