[TYPO3-ect] lib/div 1.0 - it's time to say thank you

[Elmar HInz]

Hey Ries,

> Hey Elmar,
> 
> today I took a quick glance at the tx_lib library and tx_div library...
> 
> tx_div seems to be very minimalistic and provides almost the same 
> functions as
> t3lib_div:: I currently don't see a real advantage of tx_lib, specially 
> that api_macmade
> as a magnitude more usefull functions (+16000 downloads....)
> 
> 

You need to see them as team. The one depends on the other. As soon as you
start to use them you will understand the concept. tx_div is a kind of
peer to tx_lib.

> tx_lib seems interesting and I need to read upon the whole MVC thing, I
> do understand
> teh concept, it's just not yet in my head...
> 

In a few lines:

Model    > Controller   > View 
MySQL    > PHP          > Smarty

The best visualization I know:

http://www.typo3-calendar.org/typo3temp/pics/31a2845330.jpg
http://www.typo3-calendar.org/1576.0.html


> 
> One thing that surprises me is the way templates work... Why all the php 
> magic in
> a php template?? I think that is hard to understand for people that er not
> technical skilled... Is it theoretically possible to archive the same 
> with smarty templates?

It's possible to extend lib/div with any rendering system. I needed
to take the shortest way to come to results for the beginning. Please feel
free to write a smarty connectro for the view. 

As for the learningcurve. Smarty is also a complex system that offers
conditions and iterators. So it's similar. And: PHP knowlage you can reuse
for other tasks. So what investment to decide for?

Regards

Elmar