[Gambas-user] WebPage support in Gambas

Sun Mar 18 15:54:57 CET 2012

You don't need the development tools to install a desktop application?

2012/3/18 John Spikowski <support at ...2529...>

> On Sun, 2012-03-18 at 14:29 +0100, Benoît Minisini wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > In revision #4561, Gambas compiler now can compile WebPage.
> >
> > ---- What is a WebPage ?
> >
> > WebPage is a new "form" type that you enable in the IDE by using the
> > 'gb.web' component.
> >
> > It generates an HTML page from an HTML template having an ASP-like
> syntax.
> >
> > A WebPage has two parts: a "class" part (like forms) stored in a *.class
> > file, and an HTML template part stored in a *.webpage file. The HTML
> > part is edited with a standard text editor.
> >
> > At the moment, the following syntaxes are implemented:
> >
> > <% Code %>
> >
> >       This introduces Gambas code inside the HTML page. Use the
> >       PRINT instruction to generate some HTML directly.
> >
> > <%= Expression %>
> >
> >       This evaluates Expression and convert it to HTML with the
> >       Html$() function.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> > <html>
> > <body>
> > <%Dim sEnv As String%>
> > <h2>Environment</h2>
> > <table>
> > <%For Each sEnv In Application.Env%>
> > <tr>
> >    <td><%=sEnv%></td>
> >    <td><%=Application.Env[sEnv]%></rd>
> > </tr>
> > <%Next%>
> > </table>
> > <%
> > Print "<p>"; Html("Cool isn't it?"); "</p>"
> > %>
> > </body>
> > </html>
> >
> > ---- How does it work internally?
> >
> > The *.webpage file is transformed by the compiler into a Render() method
> > added to the *.class file. This Render() methods prints the generated
> > HTML to the standard output.
> >
> > ---- So now?
> >
> > Let's talk about what kind of useful syntax could be implemented!
> >
> > I think that every template syntax should be enclosed by '<%' and '%>'.
> >
> > I think that some sort of include is needed. For example, something like
> > <%{OtherWebPage}%> will be transformed into "OtherWebPage.Render()", so
> > that the OtherWebPage is included into the current one.
> >
> > Nothing is engraved in the marble (french expression), so please tell
> > what you think about that, and if you have ideas!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
>
> Looks sort of like PHP to me. ScriptBasic uses a preprocessor to
> generate HTML pages from templates and 'form' variable tags.
>
> I hate PHP but almost all widely used applications out there are based
> on it. (security nightmare)
>
> Personally I would like to see Gambas be able to create a desktop
> application I can install easily and without the development tools
> before you wonder off to the web side of Gambas.
>
>
>
>
>
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