[Rails] rubyonrails w/ amrita

[Corey]

On Wednesday 13 October 2004 01:32 am, David Heinemeier Hansson wrote:
> > What I'm wondering is whether rubyonrails could be used with amrita
> > ( http://amrita.sourceforge.jp/index.html ) instead?
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> There are no plans to support Amrita-style templates, but a new
> template-style will be introduced in the next version based on Jim
> Weirich's Builder class. 
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Hey, this is pretty killer!  I checked out his blog for more info and was very
impressed.

I'd be more than satisfied w/ Builder as opposed to erb - so when is this
next version of rails gonna be released?   


> P.S.: If anyone would like to examine what it takes to get Amrita
> templates in Rails, by all means do. Personally, I find that model
> quite unappealing and the extra indirection certainly does make it
> harder to fit into Rails than it was with Builder. But with enough
> effort, I am sure it could be done.
>

As I begin to feel more comfortable using ruby, and rails - I'll look into
this; I think it would be valid alternative, as I have to imagine  there are
at least a few instances where amrita's clear separation of logic from
presentation would be beneficial. Plus, it would make a complete
collection of templating options:

erb - inline/embedded ruby
builder - purely programmatic
amrita - purel x/html templates w/ separate data model


Cheers,

Corey

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