Haml – yay or nay?

Posted by Kresimir Bojcic on May 16, 2010 Comments

I finally decided to give it another shot. First time I’ve checked I was not very impressed with Haml. I did like the logo, and the theory… but in practice it just didn’t feel quite right. Boy am I glad that I tried it out for the second time. This time it is a definitive yay.

Before and after Haml

What I like about it?

1. You get smaller template
2. Nice ruby and .css integration
3. Haml validations that makes you align everything just right
4. Not having to close tags – this always seemed too mechanical

My advice would be – definitely try it out if you are not already using it. Convert a couple of templates and decide for yourself. BUT DO try it out yourself on real example!