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Styling the output with Fluid
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Up to now you have learned how to represent the business logic of an
application with a model and how to manipulate the model with the use of
controllers. So far we have covered the output of data for the user only
marginally. We want to take a closer look at this now. We will show you how
you can create output for the user simple and fast. To make this work most
efficient, specially for TYPO3 and FLOW, a new templating engine named
*Fluid* was developed, which is flexible and extensible,
but easy to learn.

In this chapter you will start with learning the basic concepts of
Fluid. After that we will show you some functions which are helpful in
templating with the help of various examples. Beside this we show you the
development of a ViewHelper using an example. Finally we show you how you
can apply the learned technologies with the help of a practical
sample.

.. toctree::
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   1-basic-concepts
   1a-inline-syntax
   2-using-different-output-formats
   3-moving-repeating-snippets-to-partials
   4-creating-a-consistent-look-and-feel-with-layouts
   5-using-typoscript-for-rendering-the-cobject-viewhelper
   6-adding-additional-tag-attributes-with-additionalattributes
   7-using-boolean-conditions
   8-developing-a-custom-viewhelper
   9-using-php-based-views
   10-template-creation-by-example
   11-conclusion