For web applications, I'd recommend using JSON instead of XML:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Json
It's easier to work with and Python has a json module which will convert
a Python dictionary to a JSON-formatted string ready to return to the
client. Most JS libraries also have functions to turn JSON-formatted
strings into JS objects and the other way around.
_Nik
On 9/11/2012 1:23 PM, Sait Maraşlıoğlu wrote:
> For my skill levels, Ive started with python, then qt, pyqt,matplotlib
> ... and finnaly django, I m not complaining, django is just perfect. I
> m ok with django, I write and and I understand what I read. If I want
> to learn ios, answer is no, cause Ive been travelling alot lately
> among different enviroments and found django and now have to stop and
> learn it. Your approach about building a website and make it behave
> like an ios applcation seemed better for me. Recently I found twitters
> bootstrap, and responsive design, I think I can create a web site, for
> mobile phone. But I dont know its disadvantages
> When I first read api wrapper and hell about using xml :) I just
> intrested, cause it seems like its something u use to communicate with
> some other layer of programming.
> Recently I wrote a code look like this. its initial code and still has
> alot to do, have to do it modular and parametric.
> """
> doc = Document()
> rows = doc.createElement("rows")
> doc.appendChild(rows)
> head = doc.createElement("head")
> rows.appendChild(head)
> mycolumn = doc.createElement("column")
> mycolumn.setAttribute("type", "ed")
> mycolumn.setAttribute("sort", "str")
> mycolumn.setAttribute("color", "red")
> mycolumn.setAttribute("width", "150")
> head.appendChild(mycolumn)
> ctext = doc.createTextNode("This is a test!")
> mycolumn.appendChild(ctext)
> for e in Material.objects.all()[15:55]:
> myrow = doc.createElement("row")
> myrow.setAttribute("id", e.material)
> rows.appendChild(myrow)
> mycell = doc.createElement("cell")
> myrow.appendChild(mycell)
> ptext = doc.createTextNode(e.stext)
> mycell.appendChild(ptext)
> #print doc.toprettyxml(indent=" ")
> data = doc.toprettyxml(indent=" ")
> """
> this is basically generates some xml and returns via httprequest using
> django, and it works. I use this xml to communicate with dhmtlx grids.
> I was thinking to write some code and make it parametric, with a lot
> of if loops.
> If I can do that, is it going to be an api wrapper :)
> its just what I understood, it may be complately another thing.
>
> On Tuesday, 11 September 2012 22:57:25 UTC+3, Kurtis wrote:
>
> I can offer some information if you can share your "skill level"
> when it comes to developing iOS and/or Django Applications.
>
> 1. Do you currently know how to program iOS Applications? If so,
> do you have any experience writing iOS programs that can handle
> HTTP Requests? If the answer to either of those is "no", then you
> may want to dive in to some iOS coding first. Alternatively, skip
> to #2:
>
> 2. Do you know how to program Django Applications? If so, do you
> have a pretty good understanding of the Server-Client Paradigm?
>
> There's many different approaches you can take to this problem.
> One approach would be to create an iOS Application which uses a
> Django Application as a "back-end". Another approach would be to
> simply write a Django Application and use HTML to make the web
> site look like a native iOS Application. There's pros and cons to
> each of these methods. One or the other may be easier dependent
> upon what you're trying to accomplish in this particular Mobile
> Application as well as your skill level and how much
> time/motivation you have to learn new technologies.
>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Sait Maraşlıoğlu
> <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>
> What do you mean by api wrapper, ur previous link a bit
> complicated and Im having a hard time understanding this term,
> can u explain in a smiple manner?
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, 11 September 2012 22:18:34 UTC+3, Cal Leeming
> [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote:
>
> It would be a cold day in hell before I ever used XML for
> an API ;)
>
> There's a whole ton of API wrappers for Django (hell you
> could write your own in under 50 lines of code), but here
> is a pretty good one:
>
> http://django-tastypie.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html
> <http://django-tastypie.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html>
>
> Tastypie is a bit complex to look at, but it is sane and
> ensures you keep to good security and design principles.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> Cal
>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Ray Ch
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Can you tell me how do i do that?
> Do you have any kind of blog or tutorial which would
> help me out connecting the web API's with iphone.
>
> Do you suggest JSON or XML ?
>
>
> On Tuesday, September 11, 2012 4:09:35 PM UTC+5:30,
> Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] wrote:
>
> You can create a server side API for the app - but
> the actual interface is done using the methods
> mentioned by Mario previously.
>
> Cal
>
> On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:09 AM, Mario Gudelj
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Nope. You do objective c or html and js with
> something like phonegap
>
> On Sep 11, 2012 6:59 PM, "Sait Maraşlıoğlu"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> How do you create iphone applications via
> django.
> Application logic will be django but what
> about user interface, do we do that with
> django too?
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