On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 23:14:15 -0700
"Michael" == Michael Snoyman wrote:
Michael> Funny to see this mentioned right now; I'm in the middle of Michael> incorporating it into Yesod. It's most definitely haml-like: Heh...somehow I've stumbled upon Haml/Sass after researching about static-site generators (StaticMatic supports Haml) and then thought about Haskell...which has brought me to Hamlet. :-) The wikipedia page (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haml#Implementations) lists severeal implementations, that's why I've asked if Hamlet could be counted as one? Michael> haml itself allows embedding of arbitrary Ruby code, so that's Michael> not really something I'm interested in here. Same here. No interest in Ruby. Michael> I'll put up a mini tutorial on it when it's polished, but Michael> there's really not much to the syntax. Just to give an idea of Michael> the niche it's trying to fill: Michael> Michael> * Quasi-quoted templates are embeddable directly in your Michael> Haskell files and included in the binary. Michael> * All variables are compile-time checked. Michael> * Allows for on-demand loading of IO values, eg you can have Michael> conditionals in the template and only load data from a Michael> database if needed. Michael> * It uses enumerators for looping, so it should fit nicely in Michael> memory. Michael> * Deals with the string problem by having a very simple Michael> datatype: data Html = Encoded Text | Unencoded Text (Html will Michael> probably be renamed to something else). Michael> * Has a monadic interface so you can use the nice features of Michael> the Hamlet monad without using the Hamlet syntax and Michael> quasi-quoter. Michael> * Allows embedding of other templates. It looks very good. *thumb up* Michael> The code for integration into Yesod is literally being written Michael> right now (just took a break to check my e-mail), so I should Michael> have more to say soon. If anyone's dying to know the details, Michael> send me an e-mail and I'll try to put together a blog post. No rush here. ;) (We'll use Hakyll for now.) Sincerely, Gour -- Gour | Hlapicina, Croatia | GPG key: F96FF5F6 ----------------------------------------------------------------