From: Sean O'Dell <sean@...>
Date: 2002-05-31T07:45:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby and HTML

Pat Eyler wrote:

> On Fri, 31 May 2002, Sean O'Dell wrote:
> 
> 
>>I've read up on a lot of the older discussions regarding using Ruby for
>>CGI scripts and HTML generation, but I was wondering if anyone had any
>>opinions about the current state of the HTML generation.
>>
>>Specifically:
>>
>>Where's the documentation for eRuby?  I can't find a single scrap of
>>actual documentation out there anywhere.
>>
>>I prefer a templating system like HTML::Template or PageTemplate.  Has
>>anyone had any good/bad experiences with these?
>>
> 
> I've used PageTemplate (a bit), and found that I really like it.  Once I'm
> done with my current project I think I'll go back and re-work some
> existing sites to use it.


It looked the best to me too, I think.  The only real reservation I have 
with it is the speed of parsing in script code.  I already have my own 
code that parses HTML for the purpose of embedding a script language 
(one you've never heard of) so I'm think of dragging that out, cleaning 
it up and calling Ruby from it to make a C++ module.  It functions more 
like PHP/ASP than a template, but I could easily change that.  I think 
I'm headed down that road.

	Sean