Although I was able to find some documentation and samples (mostly through the unit tests) of how to use a ViewComponent with the Spark view engine, details were sketchy, so I’ll share some quick tips to those who are scratching their heads as I was.
Using a block ViewComponent
Support for block view components is pretty evident [...]
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Yesterday, I wrote about the coolness of The Spark view engine (and a brief history of web programming). As I explore more, I’ll share my experiences here in hope that it shortens other people’s learning curve.
Today’s topic is the basics: writing a simple layout.
Spark offers full support for layouts and views. As with any other [...]
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I should have gone to bed early last night (after all, I did wake up at 4:30AM yesterday morning). Unfortunately, a spark of inspiration quite literally kept me up later than normal sleep cycles dictate… but what a spark it was.
To understand the spark, you have to understand my history of server-side web programming.
In [...]
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Like many, I use Google AdSense to host ads on my web sites. Including the ad code typically requires you to paste a block a block of JavaScript onto the page. I don’t mind injecting the JavaScript, but I wanted to come up with a better way.
The solution I came up with was a quick [...]
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