On Saturday 04 October 2008 09:22:17 am Ed Leafe wrote: > OK, I've just committed the changes to the framework that enable the > creation of something I've been thinking about for a very long time, > and working on for the last few months: Dabo applications that work > like web apps. > > First off, in anticipation of worries by some, this does not require > *any* changes by anyone using the existing framework. None. It will > not open up any communication over the internet that did not already > occur. The only way this comes into play is if you create a connection > with the new property 'RemoteHost'. Unless you do that, everything > works *exactly* the same as before. > > Now that we've gotten that out of the way, let me explain what I mean > by 'web-enabled'. First, you need client and server applications, just > like any other web app. In this case, though, Dabo is the client > instead of a web browser. Everything happens locally as in normal Dabo > apps, with two differences: many of the bizobj data functions > (requery, save, delete, etc.) are now sent to the server instead of > carried out locally. On the server will be a new bizobj subclass, > RemoteBizobj, that will handle these requests and return the > appropriate response. This means that there is no need for the client > to have database adapters installed, as there is no direct access to > data by the client, just as in a web browser. > > Another major aspect of a web application is that updates are > transparent: you go to a site, and if they've changed it, you see the > changes, not the old page. Dabo will work the same; changes to the > source files on the server are automatically passed on to the client > app, just as in a web browser. And since the business logic now lives > on the server, there is no need to expose that on the client side, > making updates to business logic instant. > > Of course, this requires a web server in order to work. I'm almost > ready to post the one I've developed. It's a Pylons app; I chose > Pylons since that's the framework with which I'm most familar. There > is absolutely no reason why the this wouldn't work equally well with > any other Python web server, as the only thing it needs to be able to > do is route URLs to the correct methods in the controller, and return > standard response objects and codes. > > -- Ed Leafe
Hurry, hurry, hurry - I'm really jazzed. Man this sounds so cooooool!!!! I want to see the code for the contollers, I want to see everything.... -- John Fabiani _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-dev Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-dev This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
