Deprecated template language elements

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

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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

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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

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