webmacro-devel

[Webmacro-devel] Press release went out

[Marc P. <ma...@an...>]

[I was using wrong address for the dev list doh!]

OK It's floated out on about 10 sites. Should show up in the next 24=20=

hours in most places.=20

For the record here it is (Eric has PDF version from me for the site):



Version 1.1 of the WebMacro Open Source web-scripting engine released.


January 13, 2003 -- The WebMacro team (www.webmacro.org) today released =

version 1.1 of the WebMacro templating library. A mature product already=
=20
used by many web sites and applications, this new release of WebMacro=20=

adds powerful new features as well as improvements and bug fixes.=20

WebMacro is an extensible templating engine written in Java, which can b=
e=20
used in Java Servlets as well as regular Java applications. What=20
distinguishes WebMacro from most other web scripting technologies=20
such as Java Server Pages (JSP) is the focus on using pages and output=20=

streams purely for the presentation of dynamic information, leaving the =

actual data manipulation in the application where it belongs. This MVC=20=

(Model, View, Controller) approach results in cleaner and easily=20
maintained applications.

The simple WebMacro scripting language is typically used to produce HTML=
=20
output that contains data from a web application, though it is equally=20=

well suited to XML or any plain text output. Directives are the main=20=

"commands" available, and they are deliberately few in number to keep th=
e=20
language simple. What sets WebMacro's scripting apart from other=20
templating libraries is that developers are free to add their own=20
directives to the language without the need to modify the WebMacro=20
source. The vibrant community of users and developers contribute a wealt=
h=20
of tools and extensions for other WebMacro users.

This new release includes several major new features, including support =

for "macros" which allow the definition of sections of  WebMacro script =

that can be reused with parameters passed to them. There is also now=20=

support for "global" functions in addition to the usual object method an=
d=20
property access.

"WebMacro has been an incredibly powerful tool for Open Doors Software i=
n=20
its development of web pages, java source file generation, and SQL Data =

Definition Files. WM magnifies Java into a powerful text processor: the =

WM processing language can be learned in about 15 minutes and therefore =

adds to the mantra of simplify, simplify, simplify" said Lane Sharman of=
=20
Open Doors Software.=20

Eric Ridge, who uses WebMacro at Technology Concepts & Design, Inc says =

he "...would be hungry and homeless if it weren't for WebMacro. tcdi use=
s=20
WebMacro to generate everything from webpages to email to=20
source-code. WebMacro has greatly decreased our development time and=20=

increased our productivity."

Amongst WebMacro's larger users are AltaVista which has been using it to=
=20
serve the pages on their site since January 2001.

WebMacro 1.1 is available for free from http://www.webmacro.org


About WebMacro

WebMacro was originally devised and developed by Justin Wells during=20=

1998. The current releases are developed through the joint efforts of=20=

several people from around the world. The core development team currentl=
y=20
has five primary members, with contributions from its many users.=20
WebMacro has been used on major high-availability server  projects right=
=20
down to embedded systems with only 32MB RAM and J2ME CDC.

Re: [Webmacro-devel] Press release went out

[Eric B. R. <eb...@tc...>]

On Tuesday, January 14, 2003, at 10:46  AM, Marc Palmer wrote:

> [I was using wrong address for the dev list doh!]
>
> OK It's floated out on about 10 sites. Should show up in the next 24
> hours in most places.
>
> For the record here it is (Eric has PDF version from me for the site):

If ya got a second could you send it to the -announce list (the text).  
I'll get the PDF online shortly.  The text version already is.

Thanks again for your work on this!

eric

>
>
>
> Version 1.1 of the WebMacro Open Source web-scripting engine released.
>
>
> January 13, 2003 -- The WebMacro team (www.webmacro.org) today released
> version 1.1 of the WebMacro templating library. A mature product 
> already
> used by many web sites and applications, this new release of WebMacro
> adds powerful new features as well as improvements and bug fixes.
>
> WebMacro is an extensible templating engine written in Java, which can 
> be
> used in Java Servlets as well as regular Java applications. What
> distinguishes WebMacro from most other web scripting technologies
> such as Java Server Pages (JSP) is the focus on using pages and output
> streams purely for the presentation of dynamic information, leaving the
> actual data manipulation in the application where it belongs. This MVC
> (Model, View, Controller) approach results in cleaner and easily
> maintained applications.
>
> The simple WebMacro scripting language is typically used to produce 
> HTML
> output that contains data from a web application, though it is equally
> well suited to XML or any plain text output. Directives are the main
> "commands" available, and they are deliberately few in number to keep 
> the
> language simple. What sets WebMacro's scripting apart from other
> templating libraries is that developers are free to add their own
> directives to the language without the need to modify the WebMacro
> source. The vibrant community of users and developers contribute a 
> wealth
> of tools and extensions for other WebMacro users.
>
> This new release includes several major new features, including support
> for "macros" which allow the definition of sections of  WebMacro script
> that can be reused with parameters passed to them. There is also now
> support for "global" functions in addition to the usual object method 
> and
> property access.
>
> "WebMacro has been an incredibly powerful tool for Open Doors Software 
> in
> its development of web pages, java source file generation, and SQL Data
> Definition Files. WM magnifies Java into a powerful text processor: the
> WM processing language can be learned in about 15 minutes and therefore
> adds to the mantra of simplify, simplify, simplify" said Lane Sharman 
> of
> Open Doors Software.
>
> Eric Ridge, who uses WebMacro at Technology Concepts & Design, Inc says
> he "...would be hungry and homeless if it weren't for WebMacro. tcdi 
> uses
> WebMacro to generate everything from webpages to email to
> source-code. WebMacro has greatly decreased our development time and
> increased our productivity."
>
> Amongst WebMacro's larger users are AltaVista which has been using it 
> to
> serve the pages on their site since January 2001.
>
> WebMacro 1.1 is available for free from http://www.webmacro.org
>
>
> About WebMacro
>
> WebMacro was originally devised and developed by Justin Wells during
> 1998. The current releases are developed through the joint efforts of
> several people from around the world. The core development team 
> currently
> has five primary members, with contributions from its many users.
> WebMacro has been used on major high-availability server  projects 
> right
> down to embedded systems with only 32MB RAM and J2ME CDC.
>
>
>
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