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[Rajinder Yadav]

I am starting to look at haml and was wondering if there is anything
else like this out there that make working with html easier?

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[Richard Conroy]

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I am starting to look at haml and was wondering if there is anything else
like this out there that make working with html easier?

Rajinder,
there are quite a few options, but Haml is definitely the most popular
of the alternatives.
By alternative, I mean it in the sense that you implied - that it changes
how you construct
HTML. There are some alternatives to Erb, like Erubis, that make your
rendering faster,
but you are still using Erb syntax (HTML with ruby code in escapes).

Markaby was an earlier attempt to accomplish the same things as Haml, though
I think
Haml has stolen its marketshare. There are also probably a few plugins that
let you use
Markdown or Textile syntax for your HTML authoring.

You might want to check out Webby to see some options. Its a static site
generator,
but it has support for a whole laundry list of templating options.

regards,
Richard

 

[Nugroho Herucahyono]

There are some Indonesian fellows working on W2tags
(http://github.com/wharsojo/w2tags)

I'm don't know how many people use it, but if you're looking for
alternatives maybe you can check it out.

 

[Phrogz]

I am starting to look at haml and was wondering if there is anything
else like this out there that make working with html easier?

You can look at the list of templating engines supported by Ramaze:
http://ramaze.net/features

 

[Rajinder Yadav]

Rajinder,
there are quite a few options, but Haml is definitely the most popular
of the alternatives.

Hi Richard,

thanks for the feedback. I just wanted to get a sense of what is out
there and is the most popular. You covered it pretty good with your
reply. I like haml, it was somewhat easy to get up and going after
reading it's FAQ.

I will take a closer look at Webby. Not sure what it is suited for by
reading the website right now, but I am sure the light-bulb will go on
eventually =)

By alternative, I mean it in the sense that you implied - that it changes
how you construct
HTML. There are some alternatives to Erb, like Erubis, that make your
rendering faster,
but you are still using Erb syntax (HTML with ruby code in escapes).

Markaby was an earlier attempt to accomplish the same things as Haml, though
I think
Haml has stolen its marketshare. There are also probably a few plugins that
let you use
Markdown or Textile syntax for your HTML authoring.

You might want to check out Webby to see some options. Its a static site
generator,
but it has support for a whole laundry list of templating options.

regards,
Richard

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[Martin DeMello]

I will take a closer look at Webby. Not sure what it is suited for by
reading the website right now, but I am sure the light-bulb will go on
eventually =)

what webby lets you do is maintain a website as a tree of static
template files on your local directory. your web dev workflow goes

1. make changes to templates
2. compile the templates into a website
3. test locally
4. when satisfied, push the static html files to your remote site

it gives you the best of both worlds - templating and code reuse like
you get in dynamic sites, but no need to have the html actually
generated on your webserver.

martin

 

[Josh Cheek]

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I am starting to look at haml and was wondering if there is anything else
like this out there that make working with html easier?

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Rajinder Yadav

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http://ruby-toolbox.com/categories/template_languages.html

Lists ten templating languages, links to repos, home pages, docs, news, and
gives a brief summary / installation command / popularity comparison for
each.

 

[Rajinder Yadav]

what webby lets you do is maintain a website as a tree of static
template files on your local directory. your web dev workflow goes

1. make changes to templates
2. compile the templates into a website
3. test locally
4. when satisfied, push the static html files to your remote site

it gives you the best of both worlds - templating and code reuse like
you get in dynamic sites, but no need to have the html actually
generated on your webserver.

martin

Hi Martin,

Thanks for clearing up the features and benefits of Webby. The Webby
team should take what you just said and post in on their site.

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[Rajinder Yadav]

http://ruby-toolbox.com/categories/template_languages.html

Hi Josh, this is an excellent link, thanks!

Lists ten templating languages, links to repos, home pages, docs, news, and
gives a brief summary / installation command / popularity comparison for
each.

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