Those are not really a work around, but rather a mechanism to falling back to the more flexible tools when more efficient tools don't suffice for a certain screen/etc, and they are all over the framework.
The best practice is not to avoid them altogether, but rather when you use platform-specific.html or whatever that you also include alternatives for other "platforms" (or rather, render modes) like xsl-fo, csv, or whatever. This can be done in OFBiz, though the tag names are a little funny and don't make what you're doing as obvious.
-David
> On 16 Apr 2015, at 04:24, Adrian Crum <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
> True, there are widget elements that allow you to use HTML-specific artifacts, but those were created as a workaround.
>
> I don't agree that "no one is practicing this." There have been efforts in the past where FreeMarker templates were replaced with widgets. Also, there are many instances in the project where widgets are used to produce PDF and CSV files - so someone practiced "generic layout only" to create those files.
>
> Throughout my presentation, I used examples from the current trunk to demonstrate how NOT to do things. So, I don't believe that the current trunk is a good representation of best practices.
>
>
> Adrian Crum
> Sandglass Software
> www.sandglass-software.com
>
> On 4/16/2015 12:13 PM, Taher Alkhateeb wrote:
>> Hi Adrian,
>>
>> I have a comment on your presentation. You have stated below slide 10 the
>> following:
>>
>> "A common mistake new developers make is assuming these XML screen
>> definitions will only output HTML – so they embed markup and JavaScript in
>> the XML. That should never be done! These XML files describe a generic
>> layout only."
>>
>> However, the tag <platform-specific><html><html-template
>> location="..."></html></platform-specific> exists in thousands of locations
>> all over the framework, core applications and specialpurpose. So it seems
>> like the intention you mentioned above is not really applicable in OFBiz.
>>
>> I am wondering if this statement is realistic or applicable given that it
>> seems no one is really practicing this and using OFBiz as an HTML platform
>> more than anything else. I would appreciate hearing your thoughts on that.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Taher Alkhateeb
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 16, 2015 at 1:41 PM, Adrian Crum <
>>
[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> Here is the slideshow from my presentation at ApacheCon:
>>>
>>>
http://www.sandglass-software.com/products/sandglass/>>> documents/2015_ApacheCon_Reduced.pdf
>>>
>>> --
>>> Adrian Crum
>>> Sandglass Software
>>> www.sandglass-software.com
>>>
>>
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