-jj, Isn't that enforced by Routes that controllers must be classes? I remember some discussion about possibility of using any other dispatching library/method in Pylons. It was something about new WSGI environment key "wsgiorg.routing_args". I might be completely wrong on that though.
Cheers Alexander On Jun 12, 9:59 pm, "Shannon -jj Behrens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:05 AM, rcs_comp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jun 11, 4:10 pm, Karlo Lozovina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> What's the practical difference between controller based approach and > >> views based one? Eg. Django views, and controllers in Pylons? It > >> doesn't seem that much different, so why not make all controller > >> actions regular functions, instead of class methods? What's the gain > >> in this controller approach, if any? :) > > >> Thanks... > > > I differ a bit from the opinions above. I like to think of a web > > request as asking "show me something." Therefore, IMO, it makes sense > > to map a web request to a "view". The view (a Python class) then > > knows how to use actions (a Python class) to "do something", the > > actions know how to use the model to get work done. The view then > > renders a response in an appropriate format (HTML, JSON, etc.) using > > any helpers necessary (i.e. "templates"). The view does not have to > > render using a template though. > > > I had a diagram of this at one point, but can't get the darn thing to > > open right now. If anyone is interested in seeing a diagram let me > > know and I will try to get it working and post one. > > What you are describing is closer to the Rails philosophy. They're > big on pushing stuff into models, even validation. I've done it that > way, and that works too. > > I think of it like a pie. You can slice the pie in many ways. Slice > it however you like. > > That's one thing I like about Pylons. It does make you use a class > with methods, but it doesn't force you too much beyond that. If you > want to do something strange like put all your logic in models and > then use string interpolation within your controllers you can. > Whatever floats your boat ;) > > Happy Hacking! > -jj > > -- > I, for one, welcome our new Facebook overlords!http://jjinux.blogspot.com/- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to pylons-discuss@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/pylons-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
