Managing Web site code (TCDL)
It is recommended to manage your Web site code using SDL Tridion. When you use and create tags in a technology-neutral language called TCDL, Content Delivery transforms into your Web site's language (actual code) at various stages of the delivery process.
You can implement dynamic functionality for your Web site in various ways:
- Unmanaged code
- Unmanaged code is Web site code, stored on your Web site, that is not handled by SDL Tridion. You can create templating code in SDL Tridion that output calls to your code.
- Loosely managed code
- You can insert ASP.NET or JSP statements in your templating code that are rendered 'as is' and are executed at request time.
- Tightly managed code
- You can insert TCDL statements in your templating code. TCDL is a technology-neutral language that you can transform into your Web site's language at publish time or at request time. TCDL tags are available for standard Content Delivery functionality and you can also create your own TCDL tags.