Show HN: A slightly quicker way to write HTML(github.com)
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Show HN: A slightly quicker way to write HTML
https://github.com/mattbearman/QuickTag
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I'll agree what I've created doesn't have much benefit :) but it does allow me to create HTML the way I'd always wanted, and I thought I'd share it in case someone else likes it too.
That Zencoding looks quite interesting, the main problem I can see is that to work in Zencode you have to be using a compatible editor (not always an option) where as QuickTag can be edited anywhere as it's interpreted on the server.
That Zencoding looks quite interesting, the main problem I can see is that to work in Zencode you have to be using a compatible editor (not always an option) where as QuickTag can be edited anywhere as it's interpreted on the server.
Cool hack; but if these kinds of things bother you, consider using a more powerful text editor.
If you want to write neat PHP templates, Facebook's XHP is the way to go.
And if you want to write neat Python templates, I hacked together https://github.com/candu/xhpy a while back ;)
One could always try Haml.
Yeah I looked into that a while back, but to be honest I wasn't looking for a re-invented wheel, plus haml is a bit to reliant on white-space and tab indenting for my liking.
I made this to be more of a slight improvement on HTML as opposed to a whole new way of marking up sites.
I made this to be more of a slight improvement on HTML as opposed to a whole new way of marking up sites.
I hated the indention specific rules until I realized how productive never missing a tag is.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with what you're doing, but should you be in a situation where you need to write copious amounts of markup, Haml makes for an easier workflow to adopt and share with other developers.
Might as well just use Zencoding and get all the other benefits: http://code.google.com/p/zen-coding/