Simple HTML template engine?

**John Nagle** · Oct 15 '07, 05:35 AM

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

allen.fowler wrote:

Hello,
>
Can anyone recommend a simple python template engine for generating
HTML that relies only on the Pyhon Core modules?
>
No need for caching, template compilation, etc.
>
Speed is not a major issue.
>
I just need looping and conditionals. Template inheritance would be a
bonus.

HTMLTemplate is a minimal system for that sort of thing.
It doesn't drag in some big "framework" .

John Nagle

**Adrian Cherry** · Oct 15 '07, 07:35 AM

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

"allen.fowl er" <allen.fowler@y ahoo.comwrote in
news:1192419411 .895715.138450@ e9g2000prf.goog legroups.com:

Hello,
>
Can anyone recommend a simple python template engine for
generating HTML that relies only on the Pyhon Core modules?
>
No need for caching, template compilation, etc.
>
Speed is not a major issue.
>
I just need looping and conditionals. Template inheritance
would be a bonus.
>
I've seen Genshi and Cheetah, but they seem way too complex.
>
Any ideas?
>

Did you try Cheetah? I've just started using it for a simple job,
just looping and conditionals and it seemed quite simple to me.

Adrian

**Ciprian Dorin Craciun** · Oct 15 '07, 08:45 AM

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

Have you tried CherryPy? http://www.cherrypy.org/

It's not a template engine, but a simple web server engine, and
you could code your conditionals and loops directly in Python... When
I have tried it, it looked very nice and easy.

Ciprian.

On 10/15/07, allen.fowler <allen.fowler@y ahoo.comwrote:

Hello,
>
Can anyone recommend a simple python template engine for generating
HTML that relies only on the Pyhon Core modules?
>
No need for caching, template compilation, etc.
>
Speed is not a major issue.
>
I just need looping and conditionals. Template inheritance would be a
bonus.
>
I've seen Genshi and Cheetah, but they seem way too complex.
>
Any ideas?
>
I'm sure I could build something myself, but I'm sure this has already
been done quite a few times. Why re-invent the wheel, right?
>
>
Thank you,
Allen

**Will McGugan** · Oct 15 '07, 10:25 AM

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

allen.fowler wrote:

Hello,
>
Can anyone recommend a simple python template engine for generating
HTML that relies only on the Pyhon Core modules?
>

Mako (http://www.makotemplates.org/) sounds like what you want..

Will McGugan

http://www.willmcgugan.com

**Will McGugan** · Oct 15 '07, 10:25 AM

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

allen.fowler wrote:

Hello,
>
Can anyone recommend a simple python template engine for generating
HTML that relies only on the Pyhon Core modules?
>

Mako (http://www.makotemplates.org/) sounds like what you want..

Will McGugan

http://www.willmcgugan.com

**Ivo** · Oct 15 '07, 01:05 PM

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote:

Have you tried CherryPy? http://www.cherrypy.org/
>
It's not a template engine, but a simple web server engine, and
you could code your conditionals and loops directly in Python... When
I have tried it, it looked very nice and easy.
>
Ciprian.
>
>
On 10/15/07, allen.fowler <allen.fowler@y ahoo.comwrote:

>Hello,
>>
>Can anyone recommend a simple python template engine for generating
>HTML that relies only on the Pyhon Core modules?
>>
>No need for caching, template compilation, etc.
>>
>Speed is not a major issue.
>>
>I just need looping and conditionals. Template inheritance would be a
>bonus.
>>
>I've seen Genshi and Cheetah, but they seem way too complex.
>>
>Any ideas?
>>
>I'm sure I could build something myself, but I'm sure this has already
>been done quite a few times. Why re-invent the wheel, right?
>>
>>
>Thank you,
>Allen

I concur completely!
My site http://IvoNet.nl is completely written in python and based on a
very early release of cherrypy.

gr,
Ivo.

**allen.fowler** · Oct 16 '07, 12:15 AM

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

CherryPy looks nice... though I am just looking to generate static
reports.

Thanks anyway... I'll keep it in mind for the future.

On Oct 15, 4:38 am, "Ciprian Dorin Craciun"
<ciprian.crac.. .@gmail.comwrot e:

Have you tried CherryPy?http://www.cherrypy.org/
>
It's not a template engine, but a simple web server engine, and
you could code your conditionals and loops directly in Python... When
I have tried it, it looked very nice and easy.
>
Ciprian.

**Nikita the Spider** · Oct 16 '07, 12:45 AM

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

In article <1192419411.895 715.138450@e9g2 000prf.googlegr oups.com>,
"allen.fowl er" <allen.fowler@y ahoo.comwrote:

Hello,
>
Can anyone recommend a simple python template engine for generating
HTML that relies only on the Pyhon Core modules?
>
No need for caching, template compilation, etc.
>
Speed is not a major issue.
>
I just need looping and conditionals. Template inheritance would be a
bonus.
>
I've seen Genshi and Cheetah, but they seem way too complex.

I use Spyce, but in addition to being a template system for mixing
Python & HTML, it is also a Web server which drags in a bunch of extra
cruft that you don't need. It's what I use to generate static reports,
though.

Good luck

--
Philip

Nikita the Spider

http://NikitaTheSpider.com/

The ultimate life protection

Whole-site HTML validation, link checking and more

**allen.fowler** · Oct 16 '07, 12:45 AM

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

On Oct 15, 1:26 am, John Nagle <na...@animats. comwrote:

allen.fowler wrote:

Hello,

>

Can anyone recommend a simple python template engine for generating
HTML that relies only on the Pyhon Core modules?

>

No need for caching, template compilation, etc.

>

Speed is not a major issue.

>

I just need looping and conditionals. Template inheritance would be a
bonus.

>
HTMLTemplate is a minimal system for that sort of thing.
It doesn't drag in some big "framework" .
>
John Nagle

This look exactly like what I need.

Google first led me to the "HTML::Template " perl library.

But now i've got the right one at: http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.s...ltemplate.html

Thank you.

**allen.fowler** · Oct 16 '07, 04:15 AM

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

On Oct 15, 1:26 am, John Nagle <na...@animats. comwrote:

allen.fowler wrote:

Hello,

>

Can anyone recommend a simple python template engine for generating
HTML that relies only on the Pyhon Core modules?

>

No need for caching, template compilation, etc.

>

Speed is not a major issue.

>

I just need looping and conditionals. Template inheritance would be a
bonus.

>
HTMLTemplate is a minimal system for that sort of thing.
It doesn't drag in some big "framework" .
>
John Nagle

Thanks...
Wait a sec... this is a Perl module...

Am I missing something? :)

Allen

**allen.fowler** · Oct 16 '07, 04:15 AM

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

CherryPy looks nice... though I am just looking to generate static
reports.

Thanks anyway... I'll keep it in mind for the future.

On Oct 15, 4:38 am, "Ciprian Dorin Craciun"
<ciprian.crac.. .@gmail.comwrot e:

Have you tried CherryPy?http://www.cherrypy.org/
>
It's not a template engine, but a simple web server engine, and
you could code your conditionals and loops directly in Python... When
I have tried it, it looked very nice and easy.
>
Ciprian.

**Gerardo Herzig** · Oct 16 '07, 01:05 PM

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

allen.fowler wrote:

>Hello,
>
>Can anyone recommend a simple python template engine for generating
>HTML that relies only on the Pyhon Core modules?
>
>No need for caching, template compilation, etc.
>
>Speed is not a major issue.
>
>I just need looping and conditionals. Template inheritance would be a
>bonus.
>
>I've seen Genshi and Cheetah, but they seem way too complex.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>I'm sure I could build something myself, but I'm sure this has already
>been done quite a few times. Why re-invent the wheel, right?
>
>
>Thank you,
>Allen
>
>
>

htmltmpl templating engine

http://htmltmpl.sourceforge.net/

It has loops and conditionals, simple to use. Very simple.
Kind of old program (dont seems to have suffer modifications since 2001)

Try it.
Cheers.

Gerardo

**Carl Banks** · Oct 16 '07, 03:45 PM

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

On Oct 16, 4:07 am, jean-michel bain-cornu <nos...@nospam. frwrote:

Can anyone recommend a simple python template engine for generating
HTML that relies only on the Pyhon Core modules?

>

No need for caching, template compilation, etc.

>

Speed is not a major issue.

>

I just need looping and conditionals. Template inheritance would be a
bonus.

>
I have written my own a couple of years ago.

Haven't we all.

When I wrote mine (HRL), the 5 million web page systems out there
seemed all to be either:

A. Intricate frameworks like Zope with a maniacal insistence on
separation of content from presentation (not that that's bad, it's
just a lot of unnecessary overhead for my needs).

or

B. Template systems with very little versatility.

These days there seems to be more coverage of different needs. For
instance, Mako looks like something I might have used if it had been
around back then.

Carl Banks

**Bruno Desthuilliers** · Oct 16 '07, 07:15 PM

Re: Simple HTML template engine?

Adrian Cherry a écrit :

"allen.fowl er" <allen.fowler@y ahoo.comwrote in
news:1192419411 .895715.138450@ e9g2000prf.goog legroups.com:
>
>

>>Hello,
>>
>>Can anyone recommend a simple python template engine for
>>generating HTML that relies only on the Pyhon Core modules?
>>
>>No need for caching, template compilation, etc.
>>
>>Speed is not a major issue.
>>
>>I just need looping and conditionals. Template inheritance
>>would be a bonus.
>>
>>I've seen Genshi and Cheetah, but they seem way too complex.
>>
>>Any ideas?
>>

>
>
Did you try Cheetah?

Did you read the OP's question ?-)

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