[TYPO3-english] is TYPO3 for me

[Dmitry Dulepov]

Hi!

Torsten Schrade wrote:
> Now you have made me very curious with this statement - why old, why
> ugly, why slow? None of the other approaches is really is usable without
> TypoScript at some point... TS is the one thing that has remained stable
> ever since;)  Please don't get me wrong, I'm seriously interested.

TS requires parsing. When parsing happens, it uses a lot of time because 
strings functions are slow. Each TS subarray is serialized/deserialized to 
ensure that it exists as a copy, not as reference. So you need at least 3x 
memory that your initial TS occupies.

Next, rendering. With markers you have HTML and replace part of it 
(requires HTML parsing). With TemplaVoila HTML is already pre-parsed and 
serialized, so it is extremely fast to load and inject blocks. With TS it 
has to be interpreted even for simple things, such as outputting a static 
string, which you could have in the HTML template. The more complex your 
layout becomes, the more TS it needs. If you use includes, this means 
additional time to read those files. If you have nested includes, at some 
point you will start wondering what code you include first and what 
overrides it and where. It becomes a nightmare with large projects after a 
year or so when you have to modify something.

TS is good for small things. But to use it for a complete rendering is not 
a good thing in my opinion. There are more efficient, faster and better ways.

-- 
Dmitry Dulepov

Simplicity will save the world.