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I'll second the jinja2 recommendation. I also use it with Pyramid, and
find it non-obtrusive to write and easy to understand.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sandy Walsh <sandy.walsh at RACKSPACE.COM>
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Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 11:34 AM
To: OpenStack Development Mailing List <openstack-dev at lists.openstack.org>
Subject: Re: [openstack-dev] Cheetah vs Jinja

>I've used jinja2 on many projects ... it's always been solid.
>
>-S
>
>________________________________________
>From: Solly Ross [sross at redhat.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 10:41 AM
>To: OpenStack Development Mailing List
>Subject: [openstack-dev] [Change I30b127d6] Cheetah vs Jinja
>
>(This email is with regards to https://review.openstack.org/#/c/36316/)
>
>Hello All,
>
>I have been implementing the Guru Meditation Report blueprint
>(https://blueprints.launchpad.net/oslo/+spec/guru-meditation-report), and
>the question of a templating engine was raised.  Currently, my version of
>the code includes the Jinja2 templating engine (http://jinja.pocoo.org/),
>which is modeled after the Django templating engine (it was designed to
>be an implementation of the Django templating engine without requiring
>the use of Django), which is used in Horizon.  Apparently, the Cheetah
>templating engine (http://www.cheetahtemplate.org/) is used in a couple
>places in Nova.
>
>IMO, the Jinja template language produces much more readable templates,
>and I think is the better choice for inclusion in the Report framework.
>It also shares a common format with Django (making it slightly easier to
>write for people coming from that area), and is also similar to template
>engines for other languages. What does everyone else think?
>
>Best Regards,
>Solly Ross
>
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