[ckan-dev] RFC snippets

[Sean Hammond]

> The idea is to have a folder of snippets in templates that can then be
> rendered  as needed via a helper function.  This helps reduce the
> size/complexity of _util.html etc.  It allows individual page components to
> be easily customised by extensions without duplicating content which
> remains identical.
> 
> example:
> 
> ${h.snippet('package_list', packages=packages)}
> 
> This renders the template "snippets/package_list.html" passing {'packages'
> : packages} and inserts it into the page.

Seems like a great idea to me.

> Should we be more explicit in passing the full template name?

I think so, yes. It'd be good if I could look at a call to h.snippet and
see immediately which template file it was calling, without having to
know that 'package_list' maps to some file.