Re: Please help me name my text template module... or else!

[James E Keenan]

On 10/8/12 5:03 PM, Brian Katzung wrote:
> ... or else we'll all have to live with my name for it. :-)
>
> I tried posting on comp.lang.perl.modules (I forgot which how-to doc
> suggested it) when naming Data::XHash and got zero feedback.
>
> Since the Pause naming article suggests mod...@perl.org and
> module-...@perl.org, I hope I've got the best places now. (If not,
> where should I be asking these days?)
>
> My "yet another text template module" has these as some major design goals:
>
> * Absolutely bare-bones syntax (it is my hope that even non-programmer
> users (with some limited training) can edit templates)
> * "String-sized" templates (like "useful and still fits in a
> varchar(255)")
> * Control over maximum text length and number of template "steps"
> executed in order to prevent accidental or malicious
> denial-of-service attacks
>

Well, at the risk of making "yet another suggestion" for how to get
feedback, let me ask: Have you posted your code on github or a similar
site? Or could you make available the SYNOPSIS and DESCRIPTION part of
the POD?

> It is content agnostic, and initially targeted toward application
> message localization, but there is nothing that makes it specific to
> that use. I plan on using it in a CMS system I have in mind, but there's
> nothing that makes it specific to that either. It's not a derivative of
> another template system. (I searched CPAN for template-related stuff,
> including Template::Toolkit and company, Text::Template, and
> (HTML::)Mason and didn't see anything similar; if I missed another
> similar package, I would love to hear about that too.)
>
> I've been developing under "Text::TemplateLite" (for light-weight
> syntax, size, and resource usage), but I realize it's yet another one of
> those "Simple, Easy, Reduced, Tiny,..." names and I'm hoping someone can
> share some specific wisdom rather than general guidelines.
>

It may turn out that Text::TemplateLite is the best available name. But
it would be nice to see a bit more before making a final recommendation.

(And names can always be changed.)

jimk

[Olaf Alders]

On 2012-10-16, at 10:29 PM, James E Keenan wrote:

> On 10/8/12 5:03 PM, Brian Katzung wrote:
>> ... or else we'll all have to live with my name for it. :-)
>>
>> I tried posting on comp.lang.perl.modules (I forgot which how-to doc
>> suggested it) when naming Data::XHash and got zero feedback.
>>
>> Since the Pause naming article suggests mod...@perl.org and
>> module-...@perl.org, I hope I've got the best places now. (If not,
>> where should I be asking these days?)
>>
>> My "yet another text template module" has these as some major design goals:
>>
>> * Absolutely bare-bones syntax (it is my hope that even non-programmer
>> users (with some limited training) can edit templates)
>> * "String-sized" templates (like "useful and still fits in a
>> varchar(255)")
>> * Control over maximum text length and number of template "steps"
>> executed in order to prevent accidental or malicious
>> denial-of-service attacks
>>
>
> Well, at the risk of making "yet another suggestion" for how to get feedback, let me ask: Have you posted your code on github or a similar site?

http://prepan.org/ is also a great resource for getting this sort of feedback.

Olaf

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[Brian Katzung]

Thank you for your comments. Prepan looks like a really great site.

I sent two inquiries to the list (thinking the first one had gone into
the bit bucket after not appearing for a day or so). The first message
showed up later. Weird.

Anyway, I got some responses, and then nothing more for a few days. So I
posted my modules (as Text::TemplateLite and ...::Standard). I guess the
horse is out of the barn.

In the future I'll know to wait a bit longer for mail/news oddities to
iron themselves out.

- Brian

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