Thanks Ulf, good Points. ;) Jason
On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 08:23 -0700, Jonathan Lundell wrote: > On Jul 24, 2009, at 3:36 AM, BG wrote: > > > > > OK, I will try to be specific from a newbie perspective. > > > > How does the Javascript menu work? > > > > I assume that you build a structure with HTML and then set the class > > or id to something that JQuery will turn into a menu. I can easily > > extend it, but I cannot easily find (in the code) what makes it tick. > > Basically the relationship between the files web2py_ajax.html, > > layout.html and menu.py could be explained. > > I completely agree (except that it appears to be a CSS menu, not a > JavaScript menu). > > My preference would be that base.css define a very simple menu, no > frills, no scripting beyond basic appearance, and the fancy menu code > be moved to a new menu.css that could (optionally) override the simple > version. > > > > > What to do with the generic files? > > I know how what generic.html does, but I'm not sure about the rest. > > Does generic.rss return, your site as feed (sounds unlikely) or should > > you extend it. I searched and found this information: > > http://www.web2py.com/AlterEgo/default/show/226 which gives me an > > idea, but I'm still not sure. > > > > Why is there a menu.py file in the models section? > > > > I know that things in the model section will be run first, but that is > > not entirely obvious. > > This whole business of putting non-model in models to take advantage > of some magic evaluation order seems pretty hacky. I don't know what > the pythonic way of doing this would be, but it's certainly far from > explicit. > > To the general point, though, there are a lot of questions like this > that arise for the first-time web2py developer that seem to be mainly > a matter of lore, with hints available if you search hard enough--and > figure out where to search. > > > > > It seems that Crud is creating the forms for the table administration, > > can you leave it if you don't need the administration? > > > > I realize that all the information is there, but it is somewhat hard > > to find....google searches mainly returns hits to google groups. If > > all the details of the default app was explained in one place I > > suspect it would be extremely helpful to newbies and people who are > > returning after a longer break. > > > > I suppose the reason why I bring all this up is that I looked at > > Django before Web2Py. The learning curve of Django is very steep > > compared to Web2Py, and I just don't wish (not that I have any say in > > it) web2py to go in the same direction. IMHO if its too much work to > > give a good overview of the default app then its too big as an > > example. > > > > I don't want to make an issue of this (I still love web2py) so feel > > free to take my statements "as is" and please don't feel obliged to > > give comments. > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
