[Catalyst] Catalyst, ExtJS and TT

[Dave Howorth]

Jean-Marc Choulet wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a javascript file named EntrepriseWindow.js in root dir. It
> contains some TT code. I must add a extension (I renamed the file
> EntrepriseWindow.js) for it to work. Otherwise, it does not work :
> 
> sub EntrepriseWindow :Path('EntrepriseWindow.js') {
> 
>     my ($self, $c) = @_;
> 
>     $c->stash->{template} = 'EntrepriseWindow.js.tt';
> 
>     $c->response->content_type('application/javascript');
> 
> }
> 
> I cannot write this ?
> 
> $c->stash->{template} = 'EntrepriseWindow.js';

Most frameworks that use TT have a mechanism to find template source
files based on their extension. In the case of Catalyst, see

http://search.cpan.org/~jjnapiork/Catalyst-View-TT-0.41/lib/Catalyst/View/TT.pm#TEMPLATE_EXTENSION

If you think about it, the file you want TT to process is *not* a .js
file, it's a file with some TT syntax in it that needs processing to
*become* a .js file. So it would be unhelpful if Catalyst tried to
TT-process real .js files and it's reasonable, IMHO, to have something
like a .js.tt extension.