[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33472: Templating Engine

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#33472: Templating Engine
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 Reporter:  KalenJohnson     |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Themes           |     Version:  4.4
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  ongoing          |     Focuses:  administration, template
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Comment (by schlessera):

 I think that ''any'' templating engine would probably provide many
 benefits compared to the raw PHP approach we have now, if only to push
 developers into using a more structured approach, properly separating the
 concerns.

 However, I would much prefer not focusing this discussion on "What
 templating engine should we use?", but rather on "How should we extend
 WordPress so that we can smoothly drop in different templating engines?".
 This is a much more future-proof approach, and whatever the current trendy
 engine of choice is will not limit us in a few years.

 So, how would we go about molding the current filters and data structures
 into something of a "Templating API" that can use different
 implementations depending on a site's needs? This "Templating API" could
 still provide a backwards-compatible standard implementation shipped with
 WordPress, and it would make it trivial to build additional, reusable
 templating engines that can be installed/used when required.

 I know that WordPress advocates the "decisions, not options" approach. I
 think this is a good approach for end-users, but the changes we are
 talking about here are targeted at developers. Developers drive
 innovation, and it should be in WP's best interest to not unnecessarily
 block that innovation with arbitrary choices.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/33472#comment:15>
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