Liquid Templates and Mephisto... 1

Posted by Steve Longdo Thu, 30 Nov 2006 21:21:00 GMT

I am done with Liquid Templates. I grasp the idea of “user” editable code that is “safe”, but I don’t want to spend my time programming with it. Having spent time with Mephisto and working through the leakiness of the Liquid Template abstraction, I now have an even greater appreciation for coding templates directly in Ruby.

This just confirms the wisdom of prophet DHH about “The false promise of template languages”. <-That was posted back on Valentine’s Day 2005!

I am not a designer (INAD?) so why would I choose a blogging engine that doesn’t cater to me as a programmer? As a programmer, using Liquid is the equivalent to having to wear a condom, all the time. I want the full Ruby sensation, thanks!

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  1. Garth Williams 13 days later:
    I totally know what you mean. I just installed a Mephisto blog and now I have to learn a whole new templating language when I'm already quite happy with rhtml. Condoms can be useful though, especially with people that you don't fully trust.
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