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Name	Status	Philosophy	Webware Component	webware-discuss	Language	User's Guide	Code docs	Auto-regress Test	Examples	Author
Python Server Pages	beta/prod	Mix Python and HTML in the JSP/ASP/PHP style.	y	y	Python	y	?	n	y	Jay Love
SimplateKit	pre-alpha	Keep it simple, but add WebKit integration.	y	y	Python	n	y	n	y	Sasa Zivkov
XMLForms	alpha	Provides high-level data model descriptions and output templates in order to support sophisticated Web user interfaces with minimum developer effort.	y	n	Python	y	n	n	y	Paul Boddie
Cheetah	beta	Provide easily editable and viewable templating language a la webmacro/Velocity.	n	y	Python	y	y	y	y	Tavis Rudd, et al
TreeplateKit	?	Provide founding parsing framework that can be turned towards various purposes.	n	y	Python	?	?	?	?	Ian Bicking
DTML	prod	Extends HTML, adding tags for variable, conditional and repeated insertion. Think HTML methods.	n	n	Python	y	y	y	y	Digital Creations
PTL	prod	Re-use as much Python as possible.	n	n	Python	y	y	y	n	Quixote Dev Team
Zope Page Templates	prod	Template looks like the output. Use *ML attributes and tags. Unlike XMLC no separate code is required for template manipulation.	n	n	Python	y	?	y	y	Digital Creations
Zebra	?	?	n	n	Python	?	?	?	?	Michal Wallace
Plow	alpha	Keep it simple.	?	y	Python	y	y	y	y	Mike Orr
FreeMarker	prod	A multipurpose template engine that approximates MVC and is easy for graphic designers to use.	n	n	Java	y	y	n	y	Benjamin Geer, Mike Bayer
Velocity	prod	A better webmacro.	n	n	Java	y	y	y	y	Jakarta Apache Project
XMLC	prod	Template looks like the output. User *ML attributes and tags. An object is created from HTML source which can be manipulated via the DOM API and output back.	n	n	Java	y	y	?	y	Lutris/Mark Diekhans
webmacro	prod	Provide easily editable & viewable templating language that is simple, but powerful. Allow some presentation logic, but not full programming. Uses $foo and #command.	n	n	Java	y	?	?	?	Justin Wells

Name	Obvious.
Status	Is this production ready, beta, alpha, pre-alpha?
Philosophy	The idea behind the package in as few words as possible.
Webware Component	If 'y' then the package is structured as a Webware Component which means you can find docs, examples and tests in well known places as well as info about the package in Properties.py.
webware-discuss	If 'y' then the author was somehow involved with the webware-discuss list, possibly including design, questions and posting.
Language	Programming language.
User's Guide	If 'y' there is some form of User's Guide with complete instructions on typical usage.
Code docs	If 'y' there are doc comments/strings for the classes and methods.
Auto-regress Test	If 'y' there is an automated regression test suite with fairly high coverage of the package.
Examples	If 'y' there are standalone, useful examples that come with the package.
Author	Name of the primary author.

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