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Piotrek Karaś	Sunday 15 April 2007 12:27:05 am Hello, I stood my first eZ publish steps already in 3.8's and in its documentation I found a number of template language elements marked 'deprecated'. Now 3.9's are already out there with a solid amount of such elements still being used. The major one is <b>section</b> control structure. So I started to wonder if it was actually a good idea to have avoided all the deprecated items in my templates? How come 3.9 still uses <b>section</b>? Is it just the matter of time and energy consuming transcription, or are there any other reasons? Is there any instruction on how to understand 'deprecated' in the eZ publish context? Just wondering... -- Company: mediaSELF Sp. z o.o., http://www.mediaself.pl eZ references: http://ez.no/partners/worldwide_partners/mediaself eZ certified developer: http://ez.no/certification/verify/272585 eZ blog: http://ez.ryba.eu
kracker (the)	Sunday 15 April 2007 1:15:07 am <i>Do as we say not as we do ... </i> ?:P or <i>Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!</i> ;D Seriously though for a moment. The stock design templates still do contain deprecated template operators. I'd imagine these are kept in place until the next big thing hits the scene, 'eZ Publish 4'. Which at the least might have an opportunity to consider maintaining backwards compatibility or moving forward. I'd imagine we will see eZ moving forward... Deprecated often refers to features which are no longer recommended for use yet may still be included in an effort to provide compatibility for users of older versions of eZ Publish. While it is best not to rely on deprecated functionality, eZ provides the users with a lot of freedom to slowly adapt their own compatibility with the latest supported features as it makes sense to the end user. Compatibility like content can be King. Stay tuned ... //kracker <i>Sole : mansbestfriend : Judges Ain't Nothing But Guts With A Halo</i> Member since: 2001.07.13 \|\| http://ezpedia.se7enx.com/
Piotrek Karaś	Sunday 15 April 2007 12:48:29 pm Yes, I agree, backward compatibility is very appreciated and I have nothing against it as well as I understand why new standards aren't incorporated at once. It just feels weird when you modify (recode) most of the out-of-the-box templates :) Greetings! -- Company: mediaSELF Sp. z o.o., http://www.mediaself.pl eZ references: http://ez.no/partners/worldwide_partners/mediaself eZ certified developer: http://ez.no/certification/verify/272585 eZ blog: http://ez.ryba.eu
André R.	Monday 16 April 2007 1:35:54 am For the 3.x series the rule has been to use the new syntax on new templates, like in ezwebin / Website interface. Even if the template component syntax is closer to the 'new syntax' then the 'old', its still differences: http://ez.no/doc/components/view/trunk/(file)/Template_syntax.html#template-language eZ Online Editor 5: http://projects.ez.no/ezoe \|\| eZJSCore (Ajax): http://projects.ez.no/ezjscore \|\| eZ Publish EE http://ez.no/eZPublish/eZ-Publish-Enterprise-Subscription @: http://twitter.com/andrerom
Piotrek Karaś	Monday 16 April 2007 1:35:06 pm @André R.: The components syntax looks promising at first glance. Can you just please explain how are eZ publish and eZ components exactly related (maybe a link)? I'm considerably new to eZ world and I haven't figured it out yet. Will future versions eZ publish port to eZ components? Sorry for silly questions :) -- Company: mediaSELF Sp. z o.o., http://www.mediaself.pl eZ references: http://ez.no/partners/worldwide_partners/mediaself eZ certified developer: http://ez.no/certification/verify/272585 eZ blog: http://ez.ryba.eu
André R.	Monday 16 April 2007 3:39:48 pm Re: eZ Publish and eZ Components eZ Publish 4.0 will be php 5 ( probably 5.1.1 and up like eZ Components ) based and use eZ Components: http://ez.no/community/news/community_newsletter_2_9th_february_2007 Note however that not all the components will be used for eZ Publish 4.0, some will have to wait for later versions either because of time constraints or missing features in the component them self. Using components have clear advantages, the have a clear api, well documented and are unit tested as individual components(building blocks). On top of that they are written purely for php5+. Expect more on this during the summer conference :) So to sum this thread up, there are no plan to this day to remove deprecated template elements in 3.x lifespan, but writing code in new syntax will give you two adwantages: 1. It's easier to read and maintain 2. It's give you an edge when you some time next year start migrating existing code to eZ Publish 4.0 eZ Online Editor 5: http://projects.ez.no/ezoe \|\| eZJSCore (Ajax): http://projects.ez.no/ezjscore \|\| eZ Publish EE http://ez.no/eZPublish/eZ-Publish-Enterprise-Subscription @: http://twitter.com/andrerom
Piotrek Karaś	Monday 16 April 2007 3:56:07 pm No further doubts ;) Thanks! -- Company: mediaSELF Sp. z o.o., http://www.mediaself.pl eZ references: http://ez.no/partners/worldwide_partners/mediaself eZ certified developer: http://ez.no/certification/verify/272585 eZ blog: http://ez.ryba.eu