I know I have written about it before, but new projects bring me new love for why I am still in love with Smarty.

Smarty, a PHP based templating system, is the greatest development tool I have encountered to date. All the recent projects I have been working on, I have migrated them over to Smarty based templates. This helps me to do a few things…

  • Keeps my code clean!
  • Allows for easy template changes by my clients or me without worrying about breaking page functionality.
  • It caches, and when used right, so definitely worth it, why be dynamic all the time, especially when you do not need it!

It really makes my job more efficient, I can make huge back-end functionality optimizations and changes, upload the said changes to the live site, and still get the same results without having to touch the templates! On top of that, my clients love it. I have a few that are savvy enough to change HTML and CSS, but when they see dreaded <?php tags throughout their HTML, they hate it. So using this software helps me reach another goal, and that is portability.

I am so pleased with the functionality in fact; I am changing all my websites to rely on the Smarty Template system, where possible of course!

P.S. I made it back home from my trip last weekend, and early as well. Cindy and I had a great time, and I should be getting my pictures up soon. I will be going on another short trip March 2nd through March 4th, to Las Vegas with my brother, Mychael, and two aunts, Ann & Nette, to celebrate Nette’s award celebration for South-West Manager or Employee of the year at Macy’s. (When I find out what exactly it is, I will correct the post.)