TBS ease against Smarty

Hi there! I'm just getting to know TBS coming from early experiences with FastTemplate and Smarty, and let me tell you I've been able to create a web application for a new site I'm developing (http://www.ctj.org.ar/index.php) using TBS *in a fraction* of the time it would have taken me if I were to use Smarty.

Although TBS takes some getting used to, I found it *really* speeds the development times, compared to other template systems. In fact, right now I'm in the process of migrating some of my existing code from Smarty to TBS.

When dealing with small apps, TBS is just the way to go! Smarty is just too bloated... Anyone having some experience with TBS in medium to large PHP apps?

Skrol29: Congratulations and thanks, you've saved me so many hours of coding! :)

PD: I just love the DB awareness of TBS. Have you thought of using a DB abstraction class inside TBS ??

Greetz from Argentina, home of Tango, Maradona & Dulce de Leche!

Hi Cristian,

I'm glad you enjoy TBS :)
I've made 3 or  full applications with TBS yet, but they are local and private. They are not big applications but full and complete application at least.
I agree, the main point for TBS is the speed of building template and also code that come with. This is the only solution I know where code and template are realy separated like with reporting tools.

>Have you thought of using a DB abstraction
What do you mean ?

>>Have you thought of using a DB abstraction
>What do you mean ?

I think he meant supporting ADOdb for PHP.

cheers,
marius