RE: [binarycloud-general] big new stuff! Page class...

[Andreas A. <a.a...@th...>]

Hi Alex,

> I like this syntax because it allows non-programmer users to define pages
> and embed modules without worrying about php syntax - they use
> familiar tags
> to call in modules that programmers provide.
Cool. This ebedding syntax will also be availabel for the layouts and
masters templates, I guess? So that acutally a "real" template system (xslt,
smarty etc)  is only required in the modules itself 'caus in layouts/ and
masters/ are only module outputs embedded that are translated to php calls
($Page->output[...]) on compile time?

> Why is this worthwhile?
>
> It means you can forego using layouts and module lists if you
> don't need the advanced features page offers (load/init ordering, etc) -
and
> it's obviously convenient for embedding modules _anywhere_ (yes, you could
> embed one module's output in another module's output!)
Groovy.

> I'm sure there will be questions on this, fire away!
I think this feauture is nice to have but might be a bit confusing.
Especially if one embedds html markup in the xml page definition like shown
above. I think this breaks xml conformance. But as I said, nice to have.
Especially for small "just-presentation" pages.

BTW: How far are you with the Query/Entity Manager stuff?


Andi