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Posted to dev@ofbiz.apache.org by Brett Palmer <br...@gmail.com> on 2007/04/09 21:00:40 UTC
FTL vs Screen Widgets
I read in the emails that the ecommerce app is going to continue using
Freemarker/FTL pages and not migrate to screen widgets.
That isn't a concern but I was wondering the reasoning behind the
decision as I work on a lot of custom applications and always use
screen widgets where possible.
If screen widgets can be wrapped in a container (ie div) components
why is it better for customer-facing apps like ecommerce to be coded
with freemarker?
Thanks for your opinions.
Brett
Re: FTL vs Screen Widgets
Posted by Brett Palmer <br...@gmail.com>.
Ok, thanks for the clarification.
Brett
On 4/9/07, David E. Jones <jo...@hotwaxmedia.com> wrote:
>
> The screen widget is used for every page in ecommerce. It is the Form
> Widget that is banned from use in ecommerce.
>
> The reason is that visual design drives requirements in ecommerce,
> not so much functional design, and using the form widget just doesn't
> help much there, and in fact it makes incorporating custom HTML not a
> little bit, but MUCH more difficult (often involving rewriting the
> form in plain HTML/FTL).
>
> -David
>
>
> On Apr 9, 2007, at 1:00 PM, Brett Palmer wrote:
>
> > I read in the emails that the ecommerce app is going to continue using
> > Freemarker/FTL pages and not migrate to screen widgets.
> >
> > That isn't a concern but I was wondering the reasoning behind the
> > decision as I work on a lot of custom applications and always use
> > screen widgets where possible.
> >
> > If screen widgets can be wrapped in a container (ie div) components
> > why is it better for customer-facing apps like ecommerce to be coded
> > with freemarker?
> >
> > Thanks for your opinions.
> >
> >
> > Brett
>
>
Re: FTL vs Screen Widgets
Posted by "David E. Jones" <jo...@hotwaxmedia.com>.
The screen widget is used for every page in ecommerce. It is the Form
Widget that is banned from use in ecommerce.
The reason is that visual design drives requirements in ecommerce,
not so much functional design, and using the form widget just doesn't
help much there, and in fact it makes incorporating custom HTML not a
little bit, but MUCH more difficult (often involving rewriting the
form in plain HTML/FTL).
-David
On Apr 9, 2007, at 1:00 PM, Brett Palmer wrote:
> I read in the emails that the ecommerce app is going to continue using
> Freemarker/FTL pages and not migrate to screen widgets.
>
> That isn't a concern but I was wondering the reasoning behind the
> decision as I work on a lot of custom applications and always use
> screen widgets where possible.
>
> If screen widgets can be wrapped in a container (ie div) components
> why is it better for customer-facing apps like ecommerce to be coded
> with freemarker?
>
> Thanks for your opinions.
>
>
> Brett