/progs/web/test_app/app/views/layouts/application.html.*

Maybe a small bug where views only expect erb layouts?

One thing that I have noticed of all frameworks, not just this one, is that when there is a default there is nowhere that shows it is a default in the running app.

I just think that for the sake of clarity, that if something is a default it is a default because there is a line in a config file, in the running app that says something similar to what you have for the haml example you put up

require_gems do |gem|
gem.add “mack-haml”, :libs => “mack-haml”
end

But this should be for every default action in the running app. And if it isn’t there then the individual things that make up app wont work.

I see this as having 2 advantages

1. Anyone creating an app, especially for the first time like I did can see exactly what is being loaded by just looking at one file

2. People can rip out and put in whatever gems they want, and it can be more customised stack of applications.

But only really looking at this app really for a day, I don’t know if the above makes sense to do. I just think that if this was how frameworks laid out themselves it would make a lot more sense to me, and less like a black box that magic things happen in.

Just my cents.

But again thanks for the piece of documentation you provided

http://www.mackery.com/mack_more/haml/index

That should help you, it’s pretty darn easy. Let me know if you have any questions.

What I am looking for is things like, if I want to use haml instead of erb, what do I need to do? Do I have to require a gem in some file? or set it in a config file somewhere.

I would love to jump in and build an app with this, but the lack of documentation and resources to find out the things that I want is very frustrating.

Any help would be welcome.

Thanks