Looking for very light weight template library (not framework)

[Jeff McNeil]

Cheetah (http://www.cheetahtemplate.org/) and Mako
(http://www.makotemplates.org/) come to mind.  Isn't there some long
running joke about new Python programmers creating their own template
language or something, too? =)

I know you said you don't want a web framework, but I've always been a
fan of Django templates in that they don't really allow you to do too
much inside the template itself. That seems to help keep a lot of
ex-PHP/JSP/ASP programmers I know honest.


On 3/6/08, Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com> wrote:
> Malcolm Greene wrote:
>
>  > New to Python and looking for a template library that allows Python
>  > expressions embedded in strings to be evaluated in place. In other words
>  > something more powerful than the basic "%(variable)s" or "$variable"
>  > (Template) capabilities.
>  >
>  > I know that some of the web frameworks support this type of template
>  > capability but I don't need a web framework, just a library that
>  > supports embedded expression evaluation.
>
>         ...
>  > Any suggestions appreciated.
>
>  EmPy may work:
>
>         http://www.alcyone.com/software/empy/
>
>  Your template would look something like:
>
>
>  myOutput = """\
>
>  The total cost is @invoice.total.
>
>  This order will be shipped to @invoice.contact at the following
>  address:
>
>  @invoice.address
>
>
> This order was generated at @time.ctime()
>  """
>
>  This could be instrumented with something as simple as:
>
>   >>> import em, time
>
>  >>> myOutput = """\
>  ...
>  ... The total cost is @invoice.total.
>  ...
>  ... This order will be shipped to @invoice.contact at the following
>  ... address:
>  ...
>  ... @invoice.address
>  ...
>
> ... This order was generated at @time.ctime()
>  ... """
>   >>>
>   >>> class Invoice: pass
>  ...
>   >>> invoice = Invoice()
>   >>> invoice.total = "$123.45"
>   >>> invoice.contact = "Jack McCoy"
>   >>> invoice.address = "1 Police Plaza\nNew York City, NY"
>   >>> print em.expand(myOutput, globals())
>
>  The total cost is $123.45.
>
>  This order will be shipped to Jack McCoy at the following
>  address:
>
>  1 Police Plaza
>  New York City, NY
>
>  This order was generated at Thu Mar  6 18:41:58 2008
>
>
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