>>>> While I know that to be true in the general sense, from what I've >>>> looked at Django and other frameworks it seems that the web frameworks >>>> push the coder to use templates, not letting him near the HTML. >>> >>> Well... there must be a reason, for sure... No ? >>> >> >> ֹYes, but I don't like it. > > Why so ? What's your problem with templating systems, exactly ? >
They don't give me the control over the HTML that I would like. I'm probably stuck in 1998 when they didn't exist, but I like to write the HTML myself. >>>> Django and the other frameworks seem to >>>> force the user to use templates. >>> >>> Not at all. Nothing prevents you from shooting yourself in the foot and >>> generating HTML "by hand" in your view functions (or request handler >>> methods >>> etc, depending on the framework). >> >> How is this done in Django, then? > > def index(request): > unmaintanable_html = """ > <html> > <head> > <title>Index</title> > </head> > <body> > <h1>Embedded HTML is a PITA</h1> > <p>but some like pains...</p> > </body> > </html> > """ > return HttpResponse(unmaintanable_html) > And if I need to add a variable or three in there? Static HTML I can do without Python. -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
