Web templating/db tool with best designer/coder separation?

[Sam Brauer]

My project "maki" offers somewhat similar functionality to Cocoon.
http://maki.sourceforge.net/

If you're interested in using XSLT to separate layout/presentation from 
data/logic, and prefer Python to Java, it's worth a look.


Jonathan Hogg wrote:
> On 2/7/2002 5:00, in article 3d21259f$0$28006$afc38c87 at news.optusnet.com.au,
> "Stephen Tyler" <nntp at ebusinessresults.com.au> wrote:
> 
> 
>>The other contenders for my "next-generation" web templating system
>>typically use XSLT to transform a variety of XML inputs into XHTML output.
>>But XSLT can be very obtuse for non-coders (and even coders).  And it still
>>needs to be supplemented with a general-purpose programming language.
> 
> 
> Did anyone mention Cocoon yet in this thread? (I didn't follow the start)
> 
>     <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/>
> 
> I think they've got a very interesting idea based on transforming XML. The
> main feature of their model is "Separation of Concern" - enabling content
> authors, designers, and programmers to all work independently. It's sort of
> like JSP tag libraries, but in multiple layers.
> 
> Jonathan
>