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

[Steffen Kamper]

Hi,

"Elmar HInz" <elmar.DOT.hinz at team.MINUS.red.DOT.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
news:mailman.1.1168022046.9405.typo3-team-extension-coordination at lists.netfielders.de...
> Hey Ries,
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>> Hey Elmar,
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>> today I took a quick glance at the tx_lib library and tx_div library...
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>> 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....)
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> 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.
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>> 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...
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> In a few lines:
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> Model    > Controller   > View
> MySQL    > PHP          > Smarty
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> The best visualization I know:
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> http://www.typo3-calendar.org/typo3temp/pics/31a2845330.jpg
> http://www.typo3-calendar.org/1576.0.html
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this is one of the best concepts for Extensions ! It should be the default 
model for future Extensions - that needs integration for kickstarter to 
support this way.

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>> 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?
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> 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.
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I say +1 for smarty, but know you need to integrate smarty as another 
extension.
I vote for integrating smarty as default template engine for typo3 - just my 
vision. Then it's no problem to use it in templates.
What do you think ?

vg  Steffen

> 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?
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> Regards
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> Elmar
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