[Solar-talk] template path stack

[Paul M Jones]

On Aug 30, 2006, at 6:47 AM, Rodrigo Moraes wrote:

> On 8/30/06, Jeff Surgeson wrote:
>> Overiding the _getView() method adds the template path from  
>> Vendor2 ok, but is
>> it ok to do it like this or should I avoid having to load from  
>> more than one
>> Vendor path?
>
> I've been thinking on this, Jeff. To answer the vendor question, you
> must think how much you want to couple the second vendor to the first
> one, if you have control over it etc. What happens if vendor 2
> changes? I think basically you need to balance how "coupled" you want
> your app to be; besides this I think there is no problem to add a
> different vendor path in your app.

Rodrigo makes good points here; from a technical aspect, Jeff's  
solution is fine.  From a maintenance perspective, you may experience  
trouble, but that's a different thing.


> These are new questions to Solar apps I think; as we advance we see
> the need for some standard solutions for "widgets".

You're right that it's an interesting problem.  Perhaps there's a  
place for them as "mini-apps" ... but I have to say I am intuitively  
suspicious of that kind of thing.  There's too many "moving parts"  
there; the controller and its related views, plus any associated  
models ... makes me nervous.  ;-)



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