HTML is unmanageable, ugly and doesn't represent the DOM. HAML fixes that.

1. HAML
A renaissance in HTML

2. Me

3. Me
• James Darling

4. Me
• James Darling
• Geocities at 13

5. Me
• James Darling
• Geocities at 13
• PHP at 15

6. Me
• James Darling
• Geocities at 13
• PHP at 15
• Ruby/Rails at 17

7. Me
• James Darling
• Geocities at 13
• PHP at 15
• Ruby/Rails at 17
• JS at 19

8. I come from the server
baring gifts

9. Beautiful Code

10. Warning!
Lovely Tasty Code

11. rspec

12. Model

13. Controller

14. View

16. Who’s Dom?

17. HTML is just plain
UGLY

18. HTML is just plain
UGLY
HAML is the plastic
surgeon

19. Hampton Catlin
“I opened up my view files and started using
my delete key”

20. A tag begins with $

21. A tag begins with $

22. A tag begins with $

23. Add an ID

24. Add an ID

25. Add an ID

26. Add a couple of classes

27. Add a couple of classes

28. Add a couple of classes

29. Add a couple of classes
CSS Selector

30. Add a couple of classes
CSS Selector

31. Add a couple of classes
CSS Selector

32. Divs are even easier

33. Divs are even easier

34. Divs are even easier

35. All other attributes

36. All other attributes

37. All other attributes

38. No closing tags

41. Wonderfully
Scalable

42. How do I get it

43. Rails Plugin
haml.hamptoncatlin.com

44. StaticMatic
staticmatic.rubyforge.org

46. sudo gem install staticmatic

47. sudo gem install staticmatic
staticmatic setup jelly

49. sudo gem install staticmatic
staticmatic setup jelly

50. sudo gem install staticmatic
staticmatic setup jelly
staticmatic preview jelly

51. sudo gem install staticmatic
staticmatic setup jelly
staticmatic preview jelly
staticmatic build jelly