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By Pete Su
+The OpenACS Template System (ATS) is designed to allow developers to cleanly separate application logic from display logic. The intent is to have all of the logic related to @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ actually add notes to the database, how to provide a separate instance of the Notes application to every user and how to design appropriate access control policies for the system. -
In order for the Notes application to be useful, we have to allow users to enter data into the database. Typically, this takes two pages: one that displays a form for data entry, and another page that @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ After putting all these files into ROOT/packages/notes/www, you should be able to go to /notes/ URL for your server and see the input form. -
Templates separate application logic from display logic by requiring the developer to write pages in two stages, one file for database queries and application logic, and another for display. In OpenACS, the @@ -167,4 +167,4 @@ inserting properties into the text of the page. Later on we'll get into templates more deeply, and show how to use database queries as data sources. -