On Apr 13, 10:06 am, greenpoise <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. Dont know where to begin when it comes to controllers. I used > to develop client/server applications and the transition to > webframeworks web developing in general has been tough for me. Do I > simply use pure python on web2py controllers?
Yes, all code in the controllers and models is Python. Views are also converted to Python code. > I bought the book and > its perfect but I need more. Any leads? books? tutorials? is just the > controllers part that just does not do it for me. For example, I was > taking a look at I/O. Do I apply a python I/O function to the > controller just as I would in a regular python expression? Section 4.2 of the book explains what happens. If the URL does not request a static file web2py processes the request in the following order: • Parses cookies. • Creates an environment in which to execute the function. • Initializes request, response, cache. • Opens the existing session or creates a new one. • Executes the models belonging to the requested application. • Executes the requested controller action function. • If the function returns a dictionary, executes the associated view. • On success, commits all open transactions. • Saves the session. • Returns an HTTP response. Note the part about a dictionary. If the controller returns a dictionary then a view is used to format the response, otherwise the return from the controller is used as the response. > Thanks > > Dan -- To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
