On 13/04/06, Todd W <trwww-rphTv4pjVZMJGwgDXS7ZQA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: "Simon Wistow" <simon-n4s/HCUFmgSSZfiimGR9Ow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > So a long time ago Tom Insam announced mod_tt
> >
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/templates-MnLy+PD7ppGDO3lXZvfOKmD2FQJk+8+b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/msg05721.html
> >
> > and lo! there was resounding silence.
> >
> <snip />
> > However, in short, I'm just intrigued why mod_tt never took off.
>
> My guess is because TT is only a piece of the puzzle.
>
> As you've noted ( but I snipped ) it lacks a controller, which, while at
> first glance seems simple, is impossible to implement "without going all
> framework crazy"
>
> And then you need an ORM, which should be distanced quite a bit from the
> view to be functional.
Actually I don't think you need much more than a couple of choice plugins :
the CGI plugin, the DBI Plugin and some kind of session should give
you enough to match PHP for most of the work - using an SQL Phrasebook
or ORM plugin would make it very nice to work with.
A.
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