Are Django/Turbogears too specific?

[James Mills]

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:35 AM, Philip Semanchuk <philip at semanchuk.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 22, 2008, at 1:52 AM, Tino Wildenhain wrote:
>
>> Philip Semanchuk wrote:
>> ...
>>>
>>> I prefer Mako over the other template languages I've seen.
>>
>> From what I can tell Mako is nearly identical to all other
>> template languages you might have seen (e.g. PHP style
>> tags). Thats why I personally would not consider it. Its just
>> much of a hassle to mix code and design this way.
>>
>> I prefer TAL (template attribute language, ZPT) [1]
>> much over the other attempts I've seen ( and I've seen a lot)
>
> That's an excellent example of how Python can accommodate different tastes.
> =) I can't stand TAL; I find it awkward and unPythonic. Your comment makes
> sense, though. Mako and TAL have very different design philosophies, and if
> you really like one, you're probably going to find the other strange at
> best.

I agree! :) And just for the record I prefer
Mako :) (Not that I really use it at all) :P

--JamesMills

PS: Web Services FTW