[Catalyst] html::prototype syntax in new Cat version

[John Wang]

On 7/10/07, J. Shirley <jshirley at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/10/07, John Napiorkowski <jjn1056 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > It's been said by others but I really prefer to do all
> > this in my templates.  It would be easy to have this
> > in a Template Toolkit plugin if you wanted, but I
> > can't see the value of basically using perl as a code
> > generator for Javascript.  I prefer to be closer to
> > the original API.  But that's my choice :)
> >
> > --john
> >
> >
>
> Agreed, but I sometimes doubt the practicality of this when attracting
> new users.  Folks who are comfortable with full-spectrum development
> (setting up Apache, FastCGI/MP, Catalyst, their templating, DBs) are
> the minority.  A significant number of users are copy'n'paste-based.
> They take code that works, and include it in their own app and
> continue until they get the product they want.
>
> Without helpers, we're going to be stuck with people asking about the
> JS-toolkit that does have a helper.
>
> The only way I think we can help promote a "better path" is to make it
> just as easy to use a better JS kit.  This means helpers, and TT
> macros and all that.
>
> The problem is that everybody who has the knowledge to do this, simply
> doesn't care to because they fundamentally view it as wrong or a waste
> of time (which I do as well, but I see the "business" case for the
> Catalyst project).


I agree. I don't use Perl wrappers myself but think they would Catalyst more
of a full solution and head off the Prototype.js questions we keep getting.


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John Wang
http://www.dev411.com/blog/
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