[stringtemplate-interest] Interactive StringTemplate sandbox

[Michael Bedward]

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Michael

> On 2 May 2011 22:12, Nicholas Dunn <nicholas.c.dunn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> What browser are you using?  It works for me in Chrome and Firefox on my
>> Mac.
>>
>> On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Michael Bedward <michael.bedward at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Nice work.  The drop-down of examples is a good idea.
>>>
>>> The bookstore example didn't render anything when I tried it just now.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2 May 2011 04:07, Nicholas Dunn <i82much at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > I fixed the newline issue and made the code boxes smaller height by
>>> > default.
>>> >  I also added group support, so as better to illustrate how different
>>> > templates can be applied.  The new version is live now:
>>> > http://stringtemplate.appspot.com/
>>> >
>>> > I'm envisioning some sort of tabbed interface or radio buttons to choose
>>> > between some sample string template group / JSON pairs which illustrate
>>> > many
>>> > of the features of StringTemplate.  Right now I have the one example,
>>> > that
>>> > of building an HTML table dynamically, which illustrates anonymous
>>> > templates, list literal, simple variable substitution, and conditional
>>> > output.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 2:24 AM, Michael Bedward
>>> > <michael.bedward at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hi Nicholas,
>>> >>
>>> >> That's a great idea. Apart from fixing the newline problem if
>>> >> possible, my only suggestion would be to have the layout so that both
>>> >> the template code and the JSON layout are visible on an average
>>> >> resolution screen (e.g. 800 px height) without having to scroll up and
>>> >> down.
>>> >>
>>> >> Michael
>>> >>
>>> >> On 1 May 2011 14:08, Nicholas Dunn <i82much at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi all,
>>> >> > I am a huge fan of StringTemplate and evangelize for it all I can.
>>> >> >  To
>>> >> > that
>>> >> > end, I wrote up a small Google App Engine web app which allows new
>>> >> > users
>>> >> > to
>>> >> > experiment with StringTemplate without having to download jars, set
>>> >> > up
>>> >> > classpaths, etc. etc.  It builds upon John Snyder's StringTemplate
>>> >> > Standalone Tool
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > (http://www.antlr.org/wiki/display/ST/STST+-+StringTemplate+Standalone+Tool),
>>> >> > specifically with respect to the use of JSON as the data model
>>> >> > powering
>>> >> > the
>>> >> > templates.
>>> >> > The webapp can be found at http://stringtemplate.appspot.com/ , and
>>> >> > the
>>> >> > public github repository can be found
>>> >> > at https://github.com/I82Much/StringTemplate-Sandbox .  This is my
>>> >> > first
>>> >> > webapp so it's very much a beta product at the minute.  I'm using
>>> >> > StringTemplate 3.2.1 jar as that's the version I've got the most
>>> >> > experience
>>> >> > with; switching it to 4 should not be too much work if that's more
>>> >> > useful.
>>> >> > What do people think, is this a worthwhile idea?  If so, I'd love to
>>> >> > hear
>>> >> > feedback and things to improve (especially in the design area).
>>> >> > Known bugs:
>>> >> > Whitespace isn't being output correctly to the "rendered template"
>>> >> > side.
>>> >> >  It
>>> >> > works fine locally but when I deploy it to app engine, new lines seem
>>> >> > to
>>> >> > get
>>> >> > eaten up.
>>> >> > Limitations/things to fix in future work:
>>> >> > No support for StringTemplate group/multiple templates.
>>> >> > No syntax highlighting
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > --
>>> >> > Nicholas Dunn
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
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>>> >> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > --
>>> > Nicholas Dunn
>>> >
>>> >
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Nicholas Dunn
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