On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Thadeus Burgess <[email protected]>wrote:
> The goal of web2py if im not mistaken, is to provide an all-in-one > environment for students to develop python web applications while adhearing > to security and standards. So that there is no need for external > debuggers/ide. If not, then what is the point of even including a file > editor with web2py? > The point is convenience (you can easily make minor updates to a running site; you can also run test code from a shell, in an interactive environment, e.g. ipython). > > I would think that would be reason enough to add a varaible trace. > You would think - it does seem to make some sense... but since, with stateless html, and only server side variables - and since most things of interest are in the db, request, or response, there has not been shown any practicle use for this... that's why I said, I think this is "noise" - "seems" useful; show a situation where this is an aid, and I will change my tune. "I think; seems nice; I _want_ it" is not an argument (it is just a request). > > When your dealing with external data that you cannot control, I don't see > how you could get away without having variable traces. > > Especially if you are dealing with random data, that might throw an > exception every once in a while > > Sure, i could write a debugger that will write to a file to print the > variables in question... > > Or use one of the many python ide's where the debuggers work maybe a quater > of the time (if that), and they don't even know whats going on inside of > web2py. > > - Thadeus > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 5:38 PM, Yarko Tymciurak <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ve never been compelled for this (in compiled code, perhap > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
